UNIT EIGHT
Prepositions
1 The most common Italian prepositions are the following:
- The meaning of tra and fra is the same.
These prepositions often correspond to the English counterparts we give
here. However, as we shall see, each of them also has a number of other
meanings, corresponding to other English prepositions.
2 The prepositions di, a, da, in and su, when used together with a noun
preceded by the definite article, always combine with the article:
The preposition con normally combines only with il and i, as col and coi; this
form is common in spoken Italian, though con il and con i are often found in
the written language:
di
a
da
in
con
su
per
tra/fra*of
to
from
in
with
on
for
among, betweendi
a
da
in
suil
del
al
dal
nel
sullo
dello
allo
dallo
nello
sullol’
dell’
all’
dall’
nell’
sull’la
della
alla
dalla
nella
sullai
dei
ai
dai
nei
suigli
degli
agli
dagli
negli
suglile
delle
alle
dalle
nelle
sullecon con il
colcon lo
(collo)con l’
(coll’)con la
(colla)con i
coicon gli
(cogli)con le
(colle)