Ogni mattina passo dall’edicola, poi entro in cartoleria a comprare un quaderno.

Both Ogni mattina and Tutte le mattine can mean every morning.

• ogni = every
• mattina = morning

So Ogni mattina literally means every morning.

A small nuance:

• Ogni mattina is often a little more neutral and compact.
• Tutte le mattine can feel slightly more like all mornings or every single morning.

Also, after ogni, Italian normally uses a singular noun:

• ogni mattina
• ogni giorno
• ogni settimana

Not:

• ogni mattine

Passo is the 1st person singular, present tense of passare.

So:

• io passo = I pass / I go by / I stop by

In this sentence, the present tense is being used for a habitual action, something the speaker does regularly:

• Ogni mattina passo dall’edicola... = Every morning I stop by the newsstand...

This is very common in both Italian and English:

• Every day I drink coffee
• Ogni giorno bevo il caffè

Because the verb passare often uses da when it means to stop by or to go via a place.

So:

• passare da un posto = to stop by a place / go by a place

That is why you get:

• passo da + l’edicola
• passo dall’edicola

Here, da + l’ contracts to dall’.

Compare:

• Vado all’edicola = I go to the newsstand
• Passo dall’edicola = I stop by the newsstand / I go by the newsstand

Those are close in meaning, but not identical.

Dall’ is a contraction of:

• da
  • l’ = dall’

The full form would be:

• da l’edicola

But Italian contracts these, so it becomes:

• dall’edicola

Here:

• da is the preposition required by passare
• l’ is the definite article before a feminine singular noun beginning with a vowel

So:

• l’edicola = the newsstand
• dall’edicola = literally from/by the newsstand, but in this sentence it means at/by the newsstand as part of passare da

Edicola usually means a newsstand or newspaper kiosk.

It is the kind of place where you might buy:

• newspapers
• magazines
• sometimes notebooks, cards, small items

It is a feminine noun:

• l’edicola
• un’edicola

So in the sentence:

• passo dall’edicola = I stop by the newsstand

Because entrare commonly uses in before a place:

• entrare in casa = to go into the house
• entrare in ufficio = to go into the office
• entrare in cartoleria = to go into the stationery shop

So:

• entro = I enter / I go in
• in cartoleria = into the stationery shop

This is the normal structure:

• entrare in + place

Italian often omits the article when talking about going to or entering certain kinds of shops or places, especially when the place is viewed by its function.

So:

• entro in cartoleria sounds natural and idiomatic

You can also hear:

• entro nella cartoleria

But that usually sounds more specific, as if you mean that particular stationery shop.

So the difference is roughly:

• entro in cartoleria = I go into a/the stationery shop as a general destination
• entro nella cartoleria = I go into the stationery shop with more emphasis on a specific one

Cartoleria means stationery shop or paper/stationery store.

It is the place where you buy things like:

• notebooks
• pens
• pencils
• paper
• school supplies

It is a feminine noun:

• la cartoleria

So:

• entro in cartoleria = I go into the stationery shop

Here, a comprare expresses purpose. It means:

• to buy
• in order to buy

So:

• entro in cartoleria a comprare un quaderno = I go into the stationery shop to buy a notebook

This structure is common in Italian:

• andare a + infinitive
• venire a + infinitive
• entrare a + infinitive in contexts like this, where the second action explains the purpose

Examples:

• Vado al mercato a comprare la frutta = I go to the market to buy fruit
• Esco a fare una passeggiata = I go out to take a walk

In English, we often use just to buy. Italian often uses a + infinitive after a motion verb.

Yes. Comprare and comperare both exist, and both mean to buy.

However:

• comprare is much more common in everyday modern Italian

So a comprare un quaderno is the most natural choice.

Because un quaderno means a notebook, not the notebook.

The speaker is introducing the notebook as an unspecified item:

• un quaderno = a notebook

If you said:

• il quaderno

that would usually mean a specific notebook already known from the context:

• the notebook

So in this sentence, un quaderno is the natural choice because the speaker is simply saying what they are going to buy.

Because Italian often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The verb ending already tells you the subject:

• passo = I pass / I stop by
• entro = I enter / I go in

So io is unnecessary here.

Italian is a pro-drop language, which means subject pronouns are often omitted unless you want to:

• emphasize the subject
• create contrast
• avoid ambiguity

So these are both correct:

• Ogni mattina passo dall’edicola...
• Ogni mattina io passo dall’edicola...

But the first one is more natural in normal speech unless you want emphasis.

Poi means then, after that, or next.

It links the two actions in sequence:

1. passo dall’edicola
2. poi entro in cartoleria

So the sentence is showing the order of events:

• first, the speaker stops by the newsstand
• then, they go into the stationery shop

It is a very common word for narration and everyday routines.

Word-for-word, it may look something like that, but that is not how it should be understood in English.

With passare da, the natural meaning is:

• to stop by
• to go by
• to drop in at

So:

• passo dall’edicola does not mean the speaker is emerging from the newsstand
• it means they go by it / stop there on the way

This is a good example of why it is better to learn verb + preposition combinations as units:

• passare da
• entrare in
• andare a fare qualcosa

Grammatically, yes, because entro does mean I enter.

But in natural English, I go into the stationery shop is often more idiomatic here than I enter the stationery shop.

So:

• entro in cartoleria = literally I enter the stationery shop
• more natural English: I go into the stationery shop

This is another place where the literal translation is possible, but not always the most natural one.

Yes. Italian uses the present tense very commonly for routines and repeated actions.

So the sentence is entirely in the present:

• passo
• entro

Because of Ogni mattina, we understand that this is a habitual action:

• Every morning I stop by the newsstand, then I go into the stationery shop to buy a notebook.

This is exactly parallel to English:

• Every morning I get up at seven.
• Ogni mattina mi alzo alle sette.