Vado al mercato con mia madre.

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Breakdown of Vado al mercato con mia madre.

• con: with
• andare: to go
• il mercato: the market

Questions & Answers about Vado al mercato con mia madre.

Why is it vado and not io vado?

In Italian, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• vado = I go / I am going
• The ending -o tells you it is I

So Vado al mercato is completely natural. You can say Io vado al mercato if you want extra emphasis, such as:

• Io vado al mercato, lui resta a casa.
  I’m going to the market, he’s staying home.

What tense is vado?

Vado is the present tense of andare (to go).

In Italian, the present tense can often translate in more than one way in English depending on context:

• Vado al mercato = I go to the market
• Vado al mercato = I am going to the market

Both are possible. Context tells you which one sounds most natural.

Is andare irregular?