Prepositions of time
15 Some examples of the different prepositions used to denote time:
16 Di is used with the days of the week and parts of the day:
In these cases, di is always used without the definite article.
17 A is used with names of festivities, months and hours of the day:
18 In is used with years, centuries and seasons:
Di domenica non lavoro.
Di sera guardo la tv.
Donatella arriva alle 7.
A Natale rimaniamo a casa.
La scuola finisce a giugno.
nel 2000
nel diciottesimo secolo
In autunno piove molto.I don’t work on Sundays.
In the evenings I watch TV.
Donatella will arrive at seven.
At Christmas we stay at home.
School ends in June.
in 2000
in the eighteenth century
In autumn it rains a lot.Di lunedì andiamo in piscina.
Di mattina vado a scuola.On Mondays we go to the swimming pool.
In the morning I go to school.A Pasqua Piera va in Italia.
Il museo riapre a marzo.
Il treno parte alle 12.
Di solito mangiano a
mezzogiorno.At Easter Piera is going to Italy.
The museum reopens/will reopen in March.
The train is leaving at 12.
They normally eat at midday.Sono nato nel 1990.
Studio il turismo nel XIX secolo.Gli esami sono in primavera.I was born in 1990.
I’m studying tourism in the nineteenth
century.
The exams are/will be in the spring.