Breakdown of Vado al parco con te.
il parco
the park
con
with
te
you
andare
to go / to be fine / to work out
al
to the / at the
Questions & Answers about Vado al parco con te.
Why does the word for "go" look completely different from the infinitive andare?
Andare (to go) is a highly irregular verb. Instead of following the normal -are ending rules, its spelling changes completely for most pronouns. Vado is the form for "I", meaning "I go" or "I am going".
The translation says "I am going". Does vado mean "I go" or "I am going"?
It means both! In Italian, the simple present tense is used for general habits ("I go") as well as actions happening right now ("I am going"). You don't need to build a separate "-ing" tense here.
Why is it al parco instead of just a il parco?
When the preposition a (to/at) comes right before the definite article il (the masculine word for "the"), they merge into a single combined word: al. In Italian, you never leave a il as two separate words.
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