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Jun 24, 2015 - 05:05 PM
“Da” is used when asking questions.
As I understand it you can think of “da” as meaning “for the purpose of.” So when asking a question like “What do you want to eat?”, you’re offering something “for the purpose of” eating. —Che cosa vuole da mangiare.—
It is not necessary when making a statement such as, “I want to eat now.” —Voglio mangiare adesso.—
Also, because you can replace the entire phrase “for the purpose of” with the word “to”, you can simply translate “da” as “to.”
“Da” is one of those little words that shows up in many contexts. You’ll find it also means “from” and “by”, such as “The book was written BY Ceasar.”
As I understand it you can think of “da” as meaning “for the purpose of.” So when asking a question like “What do you want to eat?”, you’re offering something “for the purpose of” eating. —Che cosa vuole da mangiare.—
It is not necessary when making a statement such as, “I want to eat now.” —Voglio mangiare adesso.—
Also, because you can replace the entire phrase “for the purpose of” with the word “to”, you can simply translate “da” as “to.”
“Da” is one of those little words that shows up in many contexts. You’ll find it also means “from” and “by”, such as “The book was written BY Ceasar.”