Breakdown of Voglio mangiare una pizza e prendere il vino rosso.
una
a / an (feminine)
e
and
rosso
red
mangiare
to eat
prendere
to take
volere
to want
la pizza
the pizza
il vino
the wine
Questions & Answers about Voglio mangiare una pizza e prendere il vino rosso.
Why do mangiare and prendere both end in "-re"?
These are infinitives (the basic "to do" dictionary form of a verb). Because you already conjugated the modal verb volere (to want) into voglio (I want), the action verbs that follow it must stay in their infinitive form. Notice that voglio applies to both actions in this sentence: I want to eat and [I want] to have.
Where is the word for "I" before voglio?
In Italian, you usually drop the subject pronoun like io (I) because the verb form voglio already tells us exactly who is wanting. You only use io voglio if you really want to emphasize that I want it, as opposed to someone else.
Doesn't prendere mean "to take"? Why is it translated as "to have" here?
Yes, prendere literally means "to take." However, Italians frequently use it when talking about consuming or ordering food and drinks, just like English speakers say "I'll have the wine" or "I'll take a coffee."
Why is the color after the noun in vino rosso?
In English, descriptive words (adjectives) usually go before the noun, like "red wine." In Italian, most adjectives come right after the noun they describe. So, you say vino (wine) first, and then describe it as rosso (red).
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