"Vado dai ragazzi stasera."

Translation: I am going to the boys' tonight.

[Driarr]

Why not just get some milkshakes and have the boys come to you?

[nspul]

I don't understand. I was in the same boat as taretashusha, who seems to now understand following the last post but I still don't follow. Why is is not "Vado ai ragazzi stasera"?

[magofa]

What does I am going TO THE boys mean?

[ngtriant]

There should be an apostrophe after boys. It means "I am going to the boys' place."

[mangoHero1]

This still confuses me. I guess it's an expression with vado dai and no vado ai?

[mrfinnsmith]

It's not just with the verb andare. "Da" means "at" or "at x's." Da Andrea is at Andrea's place/house. Da te means at your place.

[taretashusha]

Can I translate it as "I go from the boys tonight"?

[siebolt]

andare a/da = to go to, partire da = to leave ...

[mukkapazza]

@siebolt: What do you think of a comparison to chez?

[siebolt]

yes, fine

[taretashusha]

oh, thank you!

[mangoHero1]

I thought to say Pass by was passare da. Following the same logic I'd say vado dai means I go by. But it says go to?! Why

[JenniferAron]

I did the same thing ("go by") and was marked incorrect. I think I'll just memorize it for now.

[Mabiri]

Wouldn't the more natural translation be "I'm going to visit the boys tonight"? since andare da really means to visit, not just to go to. no?

[cristianomg10]

Only for me the normal looked like "dai", but the slow sounded like "day"?

[nadjalench2011]

This sentence could be correct:
I am going to the boys' house tonight
I go to the boys' house tonight.

The sentence given by duolingo is not right.

[ChristelDK]

It IS correct to say "going to the boys' (with an apostrophe after the plural s)'" meaning going to their place. You can say, "I'll go to the baker's" - meaning going to the baker's shop. The apostrophe-'s indicates the genitive case.

[saudabia]

why is it dai and not dei ? when do you use da and di?

[Sebafleb]

'dai' is male plural, i don't think 'dei' exists

[sfd2012]

There might be an idiom in there someplace which is probably why it's so confusing.