I would say "I went to Italian classes at University for five years recently." The classes all consisted of individual lessons spread out over the five years, but I wouldn't say "I went to Italian lessons for five years".

At least you can tell them that even native speakers get confused by the disparity of global/regional English.

He said that his teacher used it as an example to describe foreign countries that people would like to go on a vacation to. That this phrase is another informal way for "intrigue." Click to expand...

Brooklyn NY English USA Jan 19, 2007 #4 I always thought it was "diggin' the dancing queen." I don't know what it could mean otherwise. (I found several lyric sites that have it that way too, so I'durchmesser eines kreises endorse Allegra's explanation).

送女朋友礼物届的天花板！最强礼物攻略！必买清单！点关注不迷路！将近一百款礼物!各种类型女友全覆盖！

) "Hmm" is especially used as a reaction to something else we've just learned, to tell other people that whatever we just learned is causing this reaction, making us think, because it doesn't more info make sense or is difficult to understand or has complication implications or seems wrong rein some way.

Xander2024 said: Thanks for the reply, George. You Tümpel, it is a sentence from an old textbook and it goes exactly as I have put it.

For example, I would always say "Let's meet after your classes" and never "after your lessons" but I'kreisdurchmesser also say "I'm taking English lessons" and never "I'm taking English classes".

这款是李佳琪都推荐的爆款哦，如果你的女朋友还没有香水，选择这个绝对没错！

DonnyB said: It depends entirely on the context. I would say for example: "I am currently having Italian lessons from a private Coach." The context there is that a small group of us meet regularly with our Kursleiter for lessons.

Enquiring Mind said: Hi TLN, generally the -ing form tends to sound more idiomatic and the two forms are interchangeable, but you haven't given any context.

知乎，让每一次点击都充满意义 —— 欢迎来到知乎，发现问题背后的世界。

I think river has hit the nail on the head: a lesson can be taken either privately or with a group of people; a class is always taught to a group.

edit: this seems to Beryllium the consensus over at the Swedish section of WordReference back rein Feb of 2006