Breakdown of Vai a Milano domani?
Milano
Milan
andare
to go / to be fine / to work out
a
to / at
domani
tomorrow
Questions & Answers about Vai a Milano domani?
Why isn't the word for "you" in this sentence?
In Italian, you don't usually need to say the subject pronoun (like tu for "you") because the verb itself already tells us who is doing the action. Vai specifically means "you go" or "you are going". It is the "you" form of the highly irregular verb andare (to go).
Why do we use "a" before Milano?
In Italian, the preposition a (to/at) is always used before the names of cities and towns. If you were going to a country or a large region instead, you would use the preposition in (for example, in Italia).
The sentence is talking about tomorrow (domani). Why does it use the present tense verb "vai"?
Just like in English when we say "Are you going tomorrow?", Italian frequently uses the present tense to talk about future plans. As long as the future time is clear from context—like having the word domani right there in the sentence—the present tense works perfectly.
There are no words like "do" or "are" at the start. How do we know it's a question?
Italian doesn't use helper words or flip the word order to make a question. You just take the normal statement—Vai a Milano domani (You are going to Milan tomorrow)—and add a question mark. When speaking, you simply make your voice go up at the end of the sentence.