Breakdown of La sera mi spoglio e vado a letto.
andare
to go / to be fine / to work out
a
to / at
il letto
the bed
la sera
the evening
spogliarsi
to get undressed
Questions & Answers about La sera mi spoglio e vado a letto.
Why is there a mi before spoglio?
Spogliarsi is a reflexive verb meaning "to get undressed" (literally, "to undress oneself"). Because you are doing the action to yourself, you need the reflexive pronoun mi (myself) right before the verb spoglio (I undress).
Why does the sentence use La sera instead of a preposition to say "In the evening"?
In Italian, when you want to say that something happens at a general time of day, you usually just use the definite article (il or la) instead of a preposition like "in". So, la sera translates naturally to "in the evening".
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
In Italian, the subject pronoun (io for "I") is usually left out because the verb already tells you who is doing the action. Both spoglio and vado end in -o, which is the classic ending for the "I" form of present tense verbs.
Why is it a letto without an article, rather than "al letto"?
Just like in English, "going to bed" is a fixed phrase. You use the simple preposition a (to) right next to letto (bed) without adding a word for "the".
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