Questions & Answers about Preparo la cena insieme a mia sorella.
Why is there a definite article la before cena?
In Italian you normally use a definite article before singular, countable nouns like cena (“dinner”). Even though in English you say “I prepare dinner,” in Italian it’s preparo la cena (“I prepare the dinner”). Meal words—la colazione, il pranzo, la cena—routinely take the article.
Why isn’t the subject pronoun io used before preparo?
What does preparo mean and how is it formed?
Preparo is the first-person singular present indicative of preparare (“to prepare”). You take the stem prepar- and add -o for “I,” so preparo literally means I prepare.
Why do we say insieme a mia sorella? What is insieme here?