| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Maria (pause with a tap of the finger) al parco con il cane. |
| Maria (pause with a tap of the finger) al parco con il cane. |
| va |
| va |
| Maria va al parco con il cane. |
| Maria va al parco con il cane. |
| Maria goes to the park with the dog. |
| We use va in this sentence because the subject is Maria, which is a third-person singular noun. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I ragazzi (pause with a tap of the finger) al ristorante con gli amici. |
| I ragazzi (pause with a tap of the finger) al ristorante con gli amici. |
| vanno |
| vanno |
| I ragazzi vanno al ristorante con gli amici. |
| I ragazzi vanno al ristorante con gli amici. |
| The boys are going to the restaurant with friends. |
| We use vanno in this sentence because the subject is i ragazzi, which is a third-person plural noun. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Marco (pause with a tap of the finger) al lavoro in macchina. |
| Marco (pause with a tap of the finger) al lavoro in macchina. |
| va |
| va |
| Marco va al lavoro in macchina. |
| Marco va al lavoro in macchina. |
| Marco goes to work by car. |
| We use va in this sentence because the subject is Marco, which is a third-person singular noun. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Andate |
| Andate in |
| Andate in vacanza |
| Andate in vacanza domani? |
| "Are you going on vacation tomorrow?" |
| Andate in vacanza domani? |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| I miei amici (vai or vanno) a casa. |
| I miei amici (vai or vanno) a casa. |
| vanno |
| vanno |
| I miei amici vanno a casa. |
| "My friends are going home." |
| Vanno is used here because the subject is i miei amici, meaning "my friends," which is a third-person plural noun. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Mio padre (va or andate) al supermercato. |
| Mio padre (va or andate) al supermercato. |
| va |
| va |
| Mio padre va al supermercato. |
| "My father is going to the supermarket." |
| Va is used here because the subject is mio padre, meaning "my father," which is a third-person singular noun. |
| Let's translate some sentences into Italian. |
| Translate "We are going to the movies tonight." into Italian. |
| Andiamo, "We go" |
| followed by |
| al, "to the" (Contraction of a and il.) |
| next |
| cinema, "movies or movie theater" |
| followed by |
| stasera, "tonight" |
| Andiamo is the first-person plural form of andare, meaning "to go." It is used here because the subject is noi, meaning "we." Notice how, in Italian, you can often omit the personal pronoun because the verb form already makes it clear. |
| Andiamo al cinema stasera. |
| Andiamo al cinema stasera. |
| "We are going to the movies tonight." |
| Translate "I go to school every day." into Italian. |
| Vado, "I go" |
| followed by |
| a, "to" |
| next |
| scuola, "school" |
| followed by |
| ogni, "every" |
| next |
| giorno, "day" |
| Vado is the first-person singular form of andare, meaning "to go." It is used here because the subject is io, meaning "I." |
| Vado a scuola ogni giorno. |
| Vado a scuola ogni giorno. |
| "I go to school every day." |
| Translate "Do you often go to the library?" into Italian. |
| Vai, "you go" The second-person singular form of andare. |
| followed by |
| spesso, "often" |
| next |
| in, "to or in" |
| followed by |
| biblioteca, "library" |
| Vai is the second-person singular form of andare, meaning "to go." It is used here because the subject is tu, meaning "you." |
| Vai spesso in biblioteca? |
| Vai spesso in biblioteca? |
| "Do you often go to the library?" |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which form of the verb andare is used in each sentence? |
| Vado a scuola ogni giorno. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Vado a scuola ogni giorno. |
| Did you hear, vado? Vado, meaning "I go," is the first person singular conjugation of andare, "to go," in the present tense. |
| How about...? |
| Vai spesso in biblioteca? |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Vai spesso in biblioteca? |
| Did you hear, vai? Vai, meaning "you go," is the second person singular conjugation of andare, "to go," in the present tense. |
| Next… |
| Maria va al parco con il cane. |
| One more time. |
| Maria va al parco con il cane. |
| Did you hear, va? Va, meaning "he or she goes," is the third-person singular conjugation of andare, "to go," in the present tense. |
| And... |
| Andiamo al cinema stasera. |
| One more time. |
| Andiamo al cinema stasera. |
| Did you hear, andiamo? Andiamo, meaning "we go," is the first person plural conjugation of andare, "to go," in the present tense. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to discuss plans in Italian. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| A presto! |
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