Word
Andiamo al cinema stasera? Va bene!
Meaning
Shall we go to the cinema tonight? OK!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Andiamo al cinema stasera? Va bene!
andare
to go / to be fine / to work out
al
to the / at the
il cinema
the cinema
stasera
tonight / this evening
Questions & Answers about Andiamo al cinema stasera? Va bene!
Why does andiamo mean "shall we go"? I thought it just meant "we go".
In Italian, the present tense is very flexible. Depending on the context and your tone of voice, andiamo can mean "we go", "we are going", "let's go", or as a question, "shall we go?". There are no special words like "shall" or "do" to make a question in Italian.
Why is it al cinema instead of just a il cinema?
In Italian, you cannot leave the preposition a (to) and the article il (the) as separate words. They must always merge into the single combined word al. This happens with many prepositions in Italian.
Is stasera a single word?
Yes, but it is actually a shortened form of questa sera (this evening). Italians mash the two words together into stasera, which is the most common way to say "tonight" or "this evening" in everyday conversation.