Overview Prepositions with ANDARE

Learning the verb andare and its prepositions often causes difficulties. There are some rules for this, but many you just have to learn by heart. Let’s learn the prepositions with andare!

Preposizioni con andare

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Preposizioni con andare: Introduzione

There are basically the following possibilities with the verb andare:

A Vado a casa I go home
A + article Vado al cinema I go to the cinema
IN Vado in pizzeria I go to the pizzeria
DA (with/without article) Vado da Mario / dal dottore I go to Mario / the doctor

You should also know that these prepositions or rules apply not only to andare, but also to essere, so the preposition is the same whether you are going (movement) or you are there (state).

Vado al cinema I go to the cinema
Sono al cinema I’m at the cinema
Vado dal dottore I go to the doctor
Sono dal dottore I’m at the doctor

Impariamo le preposizioni con andare!

Andare A

Andare is followed by A (without article) in the following cases:

A + Vado…  
City, village a Roma to Rom
Small island* a Malta to Malta
Verb a dormire to sleep
Cardinal point a sud to the south

* If plural or with the word isola, then with article: alle Maldive to the Maldives, all’isola d’Elba to the island of Elba.

Then we need A for the following places, that you should learn by heart:

Vado…  
a scuola to school
a casa to home
a teatro to the theater
a letto to bed
a lezione to class
a messa / alla messa to Mass

Andare AL, ALLA,...

You’ll use andare A + article (see articulated prepositions) for many places. The decision between the different forms (al, alla, etc.) depends on the definite article.

ANDARE AL

Vado…  
al mare to the sea
al lago to the lake
al lavoro to work
al ristorante to the restaurant
al bar to the café
al cinema to the cinema
al supermercato to the supermarket
al mercato to the market
al museo to the museum
al centro commerciale to the mall
al pronto soccorso to the emergency room 
al corso d’italiano to the Italian course
al parco to the park 

ANDARE ALLA

Vado…  
alla stazione to the station
alla posta to the post
alla festa to the party
alla riunione to the meeting
alla fermata to the stop 

ANDARE ALL’ / ALLO

Vado…  
all’ospedale to the hospital
all’università to the university
all’aeroporto to the airport
all’ufficio informazioni to the information desk
all’appuntamento to the appointment
allo stadio to the stadium

Andare IN

Andare is followed by IN (without article) in the following cases:

IN + Vado…  
Country* in Italia to Italy
Region in Toscana to Tuscany
Big island in Sicilia to Sicily
Places in -ia in pizzeria to the pizzeria
Places in -teca in biblioteca to the library
House rooms in cucina to the kitchen

*If plural, with article: negli Stati Uniti to the United States.

We also need IN for the following places:

Vado…  
in vacanza on vacation
in città to the city
in centro (città) to the (city) centre
in montagna to the mountains
in campagna to the countryside
in banca to the bank
in ufficio to the office
in piscina to the swimming pool
in palestra to the gym
in spiaggia | alla spiaggia to the beach
in chiesa to the church
in questura to the police station
nel bosco to the woods

 

Andare DA

Andare DA is quite simple: we always use DA with people. The decision with/without article simply depends on what follows it. For example, proper nouns and possessives with family members (in the singular) have no article, in the other cases you need the article.

da Mario to Mario
da mio marito to my husband
dal dottore to the doctor
dalla parrucchiera to the hairdresser
dalla mia amica to my friend

Altri casi

Con UN, UNA,…

When the place is indefinite or when we have the indefinite article, we use IN:

Vado…  
in un ristorante to a restaurant
in una banca to a bank
in un supermercato to a supermarket 

Posti specifici

When the place is specified, for example, when you say the name, you use A + article:

Vado…  
alla pizzeria Da Mario to the pizzeria Da Mario
alla banca Impresa to the bank Impresa
al teatro La Scala to the theather La Scala

Dentro

If you’re inside and you want to highlight it, use IN + article.

Sono…  
nella stazione (= dentro la stazione) in the station
nel bar (= dentro il bar) in the café
nel supermercato (=dentro il supermercato) in the supermarket

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