"Voglio stare da solo."

Translation: I want to be alone.

[cocos53]

why stare and not essere?

[FrancescoN41]

"voglio stare da solo" means i want to be alone (for now) "voglio essere solo" means i want to be alone forever

[mgarado]

Well, since we don't know which state of mind the speaker is in, shouldn't both be correct? I believe Greta wanted to be alone forever :-)

[FrancescoN41]

The life of the stars.. to shine alone in the dark.. Well from the prospective english it may be correct, very sad but correct. In italian they are two different things

[M_mag_Herbstlaub]

thanks a lot for clarification

[Normano]

Copyright Greta Garbo

[Dave168907]

Are you as old as I am, to remember such things? Ho setantotto anni.

[eddy708]

Why do you need the 'da' in front of 'solo'?

[deactivated user]

Why can this not be translated as "I want to be left alone." ?

[rodbats]

I think that this is one of the possible translations

[lorrs98]

what's the deference of "sto" and "sono" ? Could someone please explain it to me? Thanks in advance :).

[Altair102b]

It's difficult to a native English speaker. The thing is, there's two different verbs to "to be" in latin lenguages. "Sto" is to temporary or brief situations. "Sto stanco"(I'm tired). "Sono" is for permanent situations "Loro sono brutti"(They are ugly).

[TJTitmus]

Very helpful - thanks

[alanvoe]

This is not always correct. For instance, "io sono malatto oggi" (= I am sick today) is the correct construction. Comparing the Italian verbs essere/stare with the Portuguese/Spanish verbs ser/estar is confusing and misleading.