Learn Italian: Servono pane, latte, uova eccetera. - We need bread, milk, eggs and so on.

The verb servire (to be necessary/needed) works similarly to piacere: the things needed are actually the subject of the sentence. Here, servono is plural because the subjects are pane, latte, and uova. The sentence literally translates to "Bread, milk, eggs, etc. are needed." To explicitly say "we need", you would add the indirect object pronoun ci before the verb: Ci servono pane...

Why is the plural of egg uova and not uovi?

Uovo is one of several irregular Italian nouns that change gender in the plural. It is masculine in the singular (un uovo) but becomes feminine in the plural, taking an -a ending (le uova). This is a helpful refresher since it frequently trips up learners when making shopping lists!

Why aren't there any articles before pane, latte, and uova?

In Italian, when rattling off a quick, general list of items or ingredients, it is very common and natural to omit the articles. You could technically use partitive articles (del pane, del latte, delle uova) to mean "some", but dropping them entirely sounds perfect for a grocery list.

Is it correct to put e before eccetera, like we say "and so on" in English?