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Preposizioni semplici
One of the eight Italian parts of speech, prepositions are short but essential words which are placed after a verb, noun, or adjective in order to indicate a relationship between that word and the noun or pronoun that follows.
Per esempio…
| Vado a Roma. | I’m going to Rome. | |
| una vita di crimine | a life of crime | |
| Questa domanda è difficile per me. | This question is difficult for me. |
Prepositions are tricky because, while they exist in both Italian and English, there is no nice one-to-one correlation between them. Many Italian prepositions have more than one English equivalent, depending on how they are used – and vice versa. In addition, a preposition is often needed in Italian where none is used in English – and vice versa again. This is one of those areas of grammar that you will likely continue to struggle with for a long time. But with time and practice, you’ll get the hang of it.
Simple Italian Prepositions
Here is a very basic overview of the most common Italian prepositions and their typical English translations. Detailed lessons coming soon.
| a | to, at, in | |
| con | with | |
| da | from, at | |
| di | of, about | |
| fra | between, among | |
| in | in, into | |
| per | for | |
| su | on, above, about | |
| tra | between, among |
These prepositions are known as preposizioni semplici, in contrast to preposizione articolate which are the required contractions of preposition + definite article.
Related lessons
- Contracted prepositions
- Andare – to go
- Essere – to be
- Stare – to be
- Parts of speech
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