Breakdown of La domenica andiamo a trovare i nonni.
il nonno
the grandfather / the grandparents (plural)
la domenica
Sunday
andare a trovare
to go and visit (someone)
Questions & Answers about La domenica andiamo a trovare i nonni.
Why is it la domenica instead of just domenica?
Using the definite article (la, il) before a day of the week means the action is a habit. So la domenica translates to "on Sundays" or "every Sunday". If you just said domenica andiamo, it would mean "this Sunday we are going".
Why do we use andare a trovare to say "visit" instead of just the verb visitare?
What is the function of the a in andiamo a trovare?
Verbs of movement, like andare (to go) and venire (to come), require the preposition a before another verb in the infinitive. While in English we say "go visit" or "go and visit", Italian connects the two verbs with a.
The English translation says "our grandparents", but there is no word for "our" in the Italian sentence. Why?
Italian often leaves out possessive adjectives (like i nostri) when the context makes it completely clear whose family members you are talking about. Since the verb is andiamo (we go), it is naturally assumed you are visiting your own grandparents. If you wanted to specify, you could say i nostri nonni.
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