"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...

[BronMcwhin1]

I agree. It is quite clearly spelt out beneath " I am going to ..." ho l intenzione di..." Then it is marked wrong !!!

[DanJSDK]

I thought the infinitive included "to"

[Elizabeth514460]

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

[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.

[cyberbisson]

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

[oceanmovement]

Let's all email/contact/leave reviews on Duolingo to get them to update/upgrade their "tips". Duolingo is a useful app. It has helped me be able to practice and learn new words but they do lack in grammatical teaching. I very much appreciate those that have stepped in to help us out in the comments but I didn't take this app to be helped by strangers here and there. It's not consistent or trustworthy. I wanted consistent structure that I could trust and learn from. It seems the deeper into Duolingo I get, the more misleading the tips are and the less grammatical information they cover. Let's all leave the comment on their app or email them "Please update/upgrade your grammatical information and tips to teach us more!" Or say it in your own way! The point is, if we band together and ask for a change, maybe they'll bring one!
Who's with me!?

[Aviva914593]

vado prendere l'automobile should also be accepted

[merlemulde]

Why not automobile??

[K2mission]

Wouldn't a better verb for this be "ottenere" rather than "prendere"?

[NicholasTeng]

why is Vado a "comprare" la macchina, not acceptable?

[merlemulde]

When do I use L' automobile and when macchina? A car is both?

[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.

[Labevue]

Vado a cercare la maccina should be accepted

[Iv4etooo]

I would have never guessed it.

[Scott257527]

I used 'portare' rather than 'prendere'. Might be an English dialect thing.

[NicholasTeng]

Why is "Vado a comprare la macchina." not acceptable? No explanation and simply a wrong answer. Expect us to accept that?

[Jamie899743]

Thought infinitive by definition meant "to x". So this sentance is supposed to read "I am going to to get the car"?????