Prepositions and Their Uses
Prepositions indicate the location, time, position, or direction of an object in relation to the verb. The most commonly used prepositions in Italian are:
at, in, to |
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with |
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by, from |
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about, from, of |
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at, in, into |
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for |
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on |
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between |
As you can see, prepositions in Italian don't always have a single equivalent to their English counterparts. Learning proper use of prepositions in Italian requires practice.
When used to indicate a destination or a location, the preposition
Exercise 9: Prepositions
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition.
Marcello abita Roma. Il fratello Massimo si chiama Adriano. Gli studenti studiano biblioteca. Telefono mia madre ogni domenica. Non mi piace la pizza le acciughe.
Articulated Prepositions
The prepositions
il |
lo |
l' (masc.) |
la |
l' (fem.) |
i |
gli |
le |
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The prepositions
Exercise 10: Un Viaggio in Italia
TRACK 14
Listen to Track 14 and answer the questions in complete sentences in Italian.
Dove va John quest'estate? .
Con chi viaggia? .
Dov'è ‘La creazione dell'uomo’? .
Dov'è ‘La nascita di Venere’? .
Prima di tornare a Chicago, dove vanno? .
Exercise 11: Articulated Prepositions
Translate the prepositional phrases into Italian. Some will require articulated prepositions, others will not.
1. (of Mr. Romeo)
2. (in a building)
3. (in the center of town)
4. (of the computer)
5. (in Denver)
6. (Franco's books)
7. (in the churches)
8. (in the library)
9. (from the other girl)
10. (in the classrooms)
11. (of the election)
12. (between two books)
13. (with sugar)
14. (in a new restaurant)
15. (with a friend)
Exercise 12: Translation
Translate the following into Italian.
1. I live in a small house.
2. The professor explains the lesson to the students.
3. The conference is in the hotel downtown.
4. Today John is at home.
5. Francesco's books are on the bed.
6. The childrens' toys are in the living room.
7. Whose pen is this?
8. It is the lawyer's pen.
9. Here are John's friends.
10. The gift is from John's friend.
11. There are many flowers on the trees.
12. Peter works in a restaurant in the center of town.
13. The calendar is between two books on the desk.
14. He is a good friend from Boston.
15. The children bring many gifts for the teacher.
16. They work in the United States.
17. They are arriving on the train from New York.
18. The train arrives at the station tonight.
19. I listen to music when I work.
20. Are you buying many clothes in the new stores on Newbury Street?
The preposition
to go to… |
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to help to… |
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to start/begin to… |
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to learn to… |
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to encourage to… |
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to teach to… |
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to try to… |
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to manage to… |
