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ANDARE E PRENDERE
Warm up (1minute)
To go and to take
How do you say “train”?
(pp.38–9)
Andare (to go (to go ( ) and prendere (to take (to take ( ) are essential
What does “Da quale verbs in Italian that you will need to use frequently in
binario parte il treno?” everyday conversation as you find your way around.
mean? (pp.38–9) You can also use prendere when you talk about food
Ask “When are you and drink—for example, to say prendo un caffè
free?” (pp.32–3) (I’ll have a coffee).

Andare: to go (6 minutes)
Say the different forms of andare (to go (to go ( ) aloud. Use the
cover flaps to test yourself and, when you are
confident, practice the sample sentences below.
(io) vado I go
(eeoh) vadoh
(tu) vai you go (informal
(too) vaee singular)
(Lei) va you go (formal singular)
(lay) vah
(lui/lei) va he/she/it goes
(looee/lay) vah
(noi) andiamo we go
(noy) andeeamoh
(voi) andate
(voy) andatay you go (plural)

(loro) vanno they go
(loroh) vannoh
Dove va, signora? Where are you
dovay vah, seennyorah going, madam?
Vorrei andare in treno. I’d like to go by train. Vado a Pisa.
vorray andaray een trenoh vadoh ah peesah
I am going to Pisa.

Conversational tip In Italian the present tense
includes a sense of continuous action. You use the
same verb form to say I go and I am going. Vado a
Roma means both I am going to Rome and I go
to Rome. The same is true of other verbs; for
example, prendo il taxi means I am taking
the taxi and I take the taxi.