Meaning
to go
- to be agreeable (to), to be pleasing (to) (idiomatically, to feel like, to want/like) [with a ‘person with feeling’ and di ‘thing desired’]
- to attend (school, church regularly)
- used to form the passive voice with a connotation of obligation or prescription
In a sentence
Domani vado in ufficio in treno.
Tomorrow I'm going to the office by train.
Ti va una pizza stasera?
Do you feel like pizza tonight?
Questa mail va mandata subito.
This email must be sent right away.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| andare | infinitive |
| andiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| vado | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| andate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vai | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vanno | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| va | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| andavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| andavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| andavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| andavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| andavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| andava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| andammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| andai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| andaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| andasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| andarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| andò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| andremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| andrò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| andrete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| andrai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| andranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| andrà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| andiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| vada | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| andiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vada | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vadano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vada | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| andassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| andassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| andaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| andassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| andassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| andasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| andremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| andrei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| andreste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| andresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| andrebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| andrebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| andiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| andate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| vai | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| andando | gerund |
| andato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'andare' for general movement; 'venire' implies movement toward the speaker or listener.
- In compound tenses, 'andare' takes 'essere' as auxiliary, not 'avere'. Agreement with subject is required.
- 'Andare' + infinitive = future intention (e.g., 'vado a mangiare' = 'I'm going to eat'). Avoid 'sto per' unless emphasizing immediacy.
- present: vado, vai, va, andiamo, andate, vanno