Topic: Italian

"Va a trovare il suo amico."

Translation:He visits his friend.

June 20, 2013

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/David1945

    Does trovare rather than visitare mean visit? I would have expected the translation "He goes to find his friend'

    June 20, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jgbachand

      Finally, in one dictionary, I found "andare a trovare" meaning "to visit". It must be idiomatic, because "trovare" alone does mean "find."

      August 21, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SundayStrummer

        Thanks. That makes sense. I was puzzled by this because I thought it should be, "he goes to find his friend".

        September 24, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ispirac

          Maybe is better when we write He goes to find his friend.

          October 31, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/natassa1978

            why not va trovare.....?

            November 25, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rompip
            • 2085

            See jgbachand's reply above: andare a trovare = to visit

            April 22, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Duomail

              “He's going to find his friend“ is accepted

              December 23, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Alex708527

                I don't understand how do you get "he's going" from "va"

                June 16, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SundayStrummer

                  A literal translation of "va" would be, "he goes", but "he's going" means the same thing.

                  http://italian.about.com/library/verb/blverb_andare.htm

                  September 24, 2015
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