Questions & Answers about Dopo la lezione, torno a casa in tram.
Why is it torno and not vado in this sentence?
Tornare means to return / to go back, while andare means to go.
So torno a casa specifically means I go back home / I return home.
If you said vado a casa, that would mean I’m going home, but it does not emphasize the idea of returning in the same way.
Because the sentence starts with Dopo la lezione (After the lesson), torno is very natural: it suggests going back home once the lesson is finished.
What form is torno?
Torno is the 1st person singular, present tense of tornare:
- io torno = I return / I go back
- tu torni = you return
- lui/lei torna = he/she returns
In Italian, the present tense is often used where English might say either I return, I go back, or even I’m going back, depending on context.
Why isn’t the subject io included?