Preposizioni semplici

Simple prepositions
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Preposizioni semplici:

DI, A, DA, IN, CON, SU, PER, TRA / FRA
Imparare ad utilizzare correttamente le preposizioni è importante perché l'uso di due diverse preposizioni può dare alle frasi significati completamente diversi:

Learning how to use prepositions correctly is important because the use of two different prepositions can give phrases completely different meanings:

Esempio: Vengo da Milano - Vengo a Milano

I non madrelingua hanno difficoltà ad usare correttamente le preposizioni perché in italiano ogni preposizione può svolgere molte funzioni diverse e cambiare di significato a seconda delle frasi in cui viene usata e delle parole a cui è associata.

For non native speakers using prepositions correctly is difficult because in Italian each preposition can perform many different functions and change meaning depending on the phrases in which it is used and the words with which it is associated.
DI is used for:

  • possession (translated as of or saxon genitive)
  • origin (from, of)
  • content (of)
  • topic (about)
  • material or ingredients
  • cause or reason (di)
  • measure or quantity
  • time expressions (in, at, during)
  • comparison (than)

Examples:
A is used for:

  • place (at, in)
  • direction (to)
  • indirect object, destination (to)
  • distance (away)
  • time (at, in)
  • before the infinitive (to)
  • giving a substantive an adverbial or adjectival meaning

    Examples:
    DA is used for:

    • origin (from, of)
    • direction (to)
    • location (at)
    • time (since)
    • motion (through)
    • agent (by)
    • value
    • purpose
    • characteristics (with)

    Examples:
    IN is used for:

    • location
    • direction (countries, regions and big islands)
    • motion
    • means of transport
    • material
    • language

    Examples:
    CON is used for:

    • company (with)
    • means of transport (by)
    • tool (with, by)
    • way
    • characteristics (with)
    • comparison

    Examples:
    SU is used for:

    • location (on)
    • topic (about)
    • approximation
    • distributive

    Examples:
    PER is used for:

    • destination (for)
    • duration (for)
    • motion (through)
    • cause (because of)
    • purpose (to)
    • imminence
    • price (for

    Examples:
    TRA/FRA are synonims. They are used for:

    • position (between, among)
    • time (in)
    • distance (from here)
    • relation

    Examples:
    When some prepositions are followed by a definite article they merge into a single word, called articulated preposition.
    Preposizioni articolate
    Verbi + preposizioni