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Let’s go!

Andare [to go] is an indispensable verb to know:

(io) vado	(noi) andiamo
(tu) vai	(voi) andate
(lui, lei, Lei) va	(loro) vanno

Where we go determines what preposition we use:

IN + countries, states, regions, and a lot of places (many feminine)	A + cities, towns, and a lot of places	DA + people and people’s homes or workplace
in Italia	a Bologna	da Stefano
in Arizona	ad Arezzo	da Anna
in Puglia	a casa [home]	da un amico [to a friend’s place]
in montagna [to the mountains]	a scuola [to school]	da mia madre [to my mother’s]
in campagna [to the countryside]	a lezione [to class]	da mio padre [to my father’s]
in città	a teatro	dai miei [to my parents’]
in centro [downtown]	al cinema	da te [to your place]
in biblioteca	al museo	da me [to my place]
in discoteca	al parco	da lui [to his place]
in libreria	al bar	da lei [to her place]
in panetteria	al ristorante	da noi [to our place]
in piscina [to the pool]	al mercato	dal dottore [to the doctor’s]
in banca	all’università	dal dentista [to the dentist’s]
in palestra [to the gym]	a mangiare	dal professore [to the professor’s]
in mensa [to the cafeteria]	a correre	ecc.
in farmacia	al mare [to the sea]
ecc.	ecc.

As you can see, da and a often combine with the article (as you learned when studying l’ora, i.e.: studio dalle sei alle 9). We will learn every combination in the next unit.

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