Learn Italian: Andiamo alla riunione stasera. - We are going to the meeting tonight.

Andiamo alla riunione stasera.

We are going to the meeting tonight.

Breakdown of Andiamo alla riunione stasera.

andare

to go / to be fine / to work out

to / at

stasera

tonight / this evening

la riunione

meeting

Questions & Answers about Andiamo alla riunione stasera.

Why use alla here instead of another word for "to the", like al?

Alla is a "combined" preposition made by joining a (to) and the feminine singular article la (the). Because riunione (meeting) is feminine and singular, we combine a + la to make alla.

Since riunione ends in -e, how do we know it's feminine and needs la?

Nouns ending in -e can be masculine or feminine, which can be tricky. However, a very helpful rule is that Italian nouns ending in -ione (like riunione, stazione, and lezione) are almost always feminine!

The translation says "we are going", but isn't andiamo just the present tense "we go"?

It is both! Italian doesn't require a special tense for actions happening in the near future like English does. The simple present tense (andiamo) naturally covers "we go", "we are going", and "we are going to go" for future plans.

Is stasera related to the word sera (evening)?

Exactly! Stasera is a common combined word that comes from questa sera (this evening). You will also see this exact same pattern with stamattina (this morning).