This is the time of the year when many Italian families head to the beautiful mountains of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ for the much beloved "settimana bianca" (white week), therefore our Word of the Week is montagna - mountain.
Montagna is a feminine noun, so the plural takes the -e: montagne.
To climb a mountain is scalare una montagna.
The mountain peak is la cima della montagna.
A hiking trail is sentiero di montagna.
Now listen to Marcella Bella's popular song from 1972, "Montagne verdi":
