"to go" in sette lingue
Significatoto go
Spagnolo
/iɾ/
ereditaria
Voy, vas, va come from VĀDERE; fui is borrowed from ser.
Francese
/ale/
altra origine · disputed; most likely Latin AMBULĀRE 'to walk' (via a worn-down *ALLARE)
Je vais is from VĀDERE and j'irai from ĪRE: three Latin verbs in one paradigm.
Italiano
/anˈdare/
altra origine · of disputed origin; often linked to AMBULĀRE or *AMBITĀRE
Vado, vai, va come from VĀDERE.
Portoghese
/ih/
ereditaria
Rumeno
/ˈmerdʒe/
altra origine · Latin MERGERE 'to dip, sink'
Catalano
/əˈna/
altra origine · of disputed origin; often linked to AMBULĀRE 'to walk'
Inglese
/ɡoʊ/
inglese nativa · Old English gān
Attenzione: falsi amici
merge (Inglese) significa “to combine, join” · merge (Rumeno) significa “to go, walk; to work, function”
Both from Latin MERGERE 'to dip, plunge'. Romanian inherited it and moved from 'plunge on' to plain 'go' (merg acasă 'I'm going home'; merge 'it works'); English borrowed it as a legal 'sink into, absorb', hence 'combine'.
L’antenato latino
ĪRE‘to go’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
'To go' is a patchwork in all three: Latin ĪRE was too tiny to stand alone, so the sisters stitched it to VĀDERE 'to stride' and (probably) AMBULĀRE 'to walk'. Spanish kept ĪRE as the infinitive; French keeps it only in the future and conditional (j'irai, j'irais), Italian only in literary ire.
Parenti inglesi: exit, transit, itinerary (ĪRE); amble, ambulance (AMBULĀRE); invade, evade (VĀDERE)
Imparala
In una frase
- esVamos a la playa.
- frOn va à la plage.
- itAndiamo al mare.
- ptA gente vai à praia.
- roMergem la plajă.
- caAnem a la platja.
- enWe're going to the beach.