Log inSign up

Oggi l'asilo è chiuso e il bambino resta a casa.

Oggi l'asilo è chiuso e il bambino resta a casa.
Today the kindergarten is closed and the child stays at home.
From Lesson 149:A scuola (school subjects)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Oggi l'asilo è chiuso e il bambino resta a casa.

Does resta mean that the child is resting at home?
No, resta is a false friend! It comes from the verb restare, which means to stay or to remain. If you wanted to say the child is resting, you would use the verb riposare.
Why is it just a casa and not alla casa?
In Italian, the word casa (home) is a special case. When you talk about being at home or going home, you just use the preposition a without any definite article. This is similar to English, where we say at home instead of at the home.
Why is the article before asilo written as l'?
The word asilo is masculine and starts with a vowel. Normally, masculine words starting with a vowel take the article lo. However, when lo is followed by a vowel, it drops the o and adds an apostrophe so it flows better, becoming l'asilo.
In è chiuso, is chiuso changing its ending to match the kindergarten?
Yes! Here, chiuso (closed) acts as an adjective describing the state of the kindergarten. Because l'asilo is a masculine singular noun, chiuso ends in -o. If we were talking about a feminine noun like a school (la scuola), it would change to è chiusa.

Learn Oggi l'asilo è chiuso e il bambino resta a casa and more in Italian

All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.

  • ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
  • ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
  • ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free
Start learning Italian →