Breakdown of Dai, andiamo a casa!
la casa
house
andare
to go / to be fine / to work out
a
to / at
dai
come on (informal)
Questions & Answers about Dai, andiamo a casa!
Why does the sentence start with dai? Doesn't that mean 'you give'?
How do we know andiamo means 'let's go' instead of 'we go'?
Why do we use the preposition a here instead of in?
The preposition a means 'to' or 'at'. When talking about going to a destination, Italian generally uses either a or in depending on the noun. Casa is a special, very common word that always pairs with a, forming the phrase a casa.
Why isn't there a 'the' before casa? Shouldn't it be alla casa?
When you talk about going to your own home, Italian leaves out the word for 'the' (the definite article). You just say a casa, much like how in English we say 'going home' instead of 'going to the home'.