Breakdown of Il bambino non va al ristorante oggi.
non
not
oggi
today
il bambino
the child
il ristorante
the restaurant
andare
to go / to be fine / to work out
al
to the / at the
Questions & Answers about Il bambino non va al ristorante oggi.
Why is va used here instead of a regular verb ending?
Va is the "he/she/it" form of the highly irregular verb andare (to go). Because it is irregular, it does not use the standard endings for -are verbs, so you just have to memorize that "the child goes" is il bambino va.
The translation says "is not going". Can va also mean "goes"?
Yes! Italian does not usually use a separate tense for things happening right now like English does. The simple present tense form va can translate to "goes", "is going", or even "does go".
Where does the word al come from?
Al is a combined word. When the preposition a (to) is followed by the definite article il (the), they merge together. Since ristorante is a masculine noun that takes il, "to the restaurant" becomes al ristorante.
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