Breakdown of Le ragazze vogliono ballare alla festa stasera.
la ragazza
girl
a
to / at
stasera
tonight / this evening
la festa
party
Questions & Answers about Le ragazze vogliono ballare alla festa stasera.
Why is ballare not conjugated?
When you use a modal verb like volere (to want), the action that comes right after it stays in its basic dictionary form, called the infinitive. Since vogliono is already conjugated to match the girls, ballare stays in its -are form, meaning 'to dance'.
Why is the verb for 'want' spelled vogliono here?
Why is it alla festa and not just a la festa?
In Italian, when the preposition a (to or at) comes right before the article la (the), they physically merge into one word. A plus la becomes the combined word alla.
Is stasera a single word?
A quick refresher: how do we know is plural?