ed io volo

[shiminyuan]

Dear Sirs/Madams,
What does it mean by "volo" here according to the following context? Can we replace it with "I go quickly"? Thank you very much!
– Cugino Azzo, – esclamò il primo – vuoi fare una buona azione? Questa bambina ha il padre malato; è venuta per pregarmi d’andare a trovarlo ed io volo. Vuoi venire anche tu, nella tua qualità di medico? Fra un’ora saremo di ritorno. [Nell'azzurro (1890), Grazia Deledda]

 

[giovannino]

Maybe you could translate it with "and I'm rushing there".

 

[shiminyuan]

Dear giovannino,
Thank you very much!

 

[You little ripper!]

I run hell for leather might be another option.

I go hell for leather

To move, act, or do something very quickly or as quickly as possible. When her ex-boyfriend walked into the party, Patty went hell for leather to get out of there.The political candidates have been going hell for leather trying to get last-minute support from voters ahead of Friday's election.

 

[shiminyuan]

Dear You little ripper!,
Thank you very much!

 

[rrose17]

Another in this context could be "...and off I went."

 

[giovannino]

Another in this context could be "...and off I went."

Hi rrose. I was wondering why you chose to use the past tense. Shouldn't it be "off I go"?

 

[You little ripper!]

'Volo' also seems to suggest great haste, but I'm not a native .......... .

 

[rrose17]

Hmm. Good question.

è venuta per pregarmi d’andare a trovarlo ed io volo.

At first I was thinking "She came begging me to go see him..." and off I go sounds like the wrong tense. But I suppose the whole thing is very conversational so maybe something like "She came begging me to go see him so off I go. Would like care to join me? As a doctor?"

 

[giovannino]

'Volo' also seems to suggest great haste, but I'm not a native .......... .

Hi YLR. You're right. "Volo" suggests great haste. Just like "corro".

Maybe I overuse the present continuous because Italians tend to use the present simple, saying things like "I go" for "vado ora" instead of "I'm going".

 

[shiminyuan]

Thank you very much, everyone!

 

[EverIvy]

Il concetto e’ che vuoi arrivare il prima possibile / il piu’ velocemente possibile. Normalmente diresti corro li’, ma per enfatizzare dici volo li’.

E’ un modo di dire comune per enfatizzare la premura che si ha nel raggiungere la destinazione.

 

[Odysseus54]

Hmm. Good question.

At first I was thinking "She came begging me to go see him..." and off I go sounds like the wrong tense. But I suppose the whole thing is very conversational so maybe something like "She came begging me to go see him so off I go. Would like care to join me? As a doctor?"

Maybe also "... so I'm on my way. Would you like etc"