Breakdown of Oggi l'asilo è chiuso e il bambino resta a casa.
essere
to be
la casa
the house
e
and
oggi
today
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'?
In è chiuso, is chiuso changing its ending to match the kindergarten?