"I am going to get the car."

Translation: Vado a prendere la macchina.

[Pearl705970]

The clues are really awful. They don't help you at all. They actually mislead you...

[DanJSDK]

I thought the infinitive included "to"

[Kookkie]

I thought "prendere" means "take". So I would say that "vado a prendere la macchina" means " I'm going to take the car" .

[DespairSquid]

I used "sto per prendere" rather than "vado a prendere" here. Are there any rules for when you would use one form over the other?

[dhunteroz]

"sto per" means "I'm about to" (almost immediately).
"vado" is more generic.

[Elizabeth514460]

i got it right then changed it after reading the hint Why give totally misleading information It makes me want to give up!

[mbisson]

Isn't "Vado a prendere" "I go to get"? This sentence feels like one that calls for an Italian translation that I haven't learned yet (future continuous).

[dhunteroz]

yes it is, "vado" can also be used to indicate a future intention.

[xyphax]

Yes. Future tense would be (and duo accepts this as a translation for this sentence):

prenderò la macchina

[JamesMth777]

Portare should also be accepted but i was marked wrong

[kpferdeort]

Portare is closer in meaning to "bring" or "carry" than to "get".

It can be used like :
(Portare) la macchina dal meccanico.
(Andare a portare) la macchina...

But those are not as common usages of Portare, and they need additional words to convey that meaning as well.

[peter2108]

Just to check vado da prendere la macchina is wrong?

[Blomeley]

Yeah this construction of saying where you are headed to uses "andare a"

[HolgerDssi]

"I am going," is present progressive. Surely, the proper Italian translation would be: "sto vado" and not simply "vado" (which is simple present, i.e. "I go")?

[dhunteroz]

For present progressive it is "sto andando". The English can be translated in a number of different ways, as can the Italian.

[Suzanna802893]

If the translation is possible with stare + participio it would be "sto andando" (not sto vado)

[FL2AC]

Would an Italian actually say this sentence?

[gprusconi]

Most likely they would use the present continuous: 'Sto andando a prendere'

I think this would be a sentence an Italian could use.

[Aviva914593]

vado prendere l'automobile should also be accepted

[Labevue]

Vado a cercare la maccina should be accepted

[Iv4etooo]

I would have never guessed it.