The Italian PREPOSITIONS (DI, A, DA, IN, CON, SU, PER, TRA, FRA)

Ciao! Today's lesson is about prepositions in Italian. There are 2 types of prepositions, "semplici" and "articolate". In this video, I'm only showing you the first ones which are: DI, A, DA, IN, CON, SU, PER, TRA, FRA.
In brief, here is when you use them:
1) DI: ownership, comparisons, origins
2) A: location, destination, recipient
** it becomes "AD" in front of a vowel
3) DA: origins, periods of time, passive
4) IN: location, destination, transports
5) CON: with whom, how, transports
6) SU: location (on surfaces), topic
7) PER: pass across, fixed-term periods, cause/goal/destination, recipient
8) TRA/FRA: meaning of "between"/"among", period of time in the future
Watch the video to learn more through real-life examples :)
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I'm so glad you find it helpful! Thanks for watching 😊

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I recently discovered this channel in my quest to learn Italian and it's fantastic. Prepositions are tricky for me and this video is helpful. I noticed your last video is from a year ago, do you plan to make more videos?

[@AmbraConnexita]

Ciao! thanks so much for your feedback😊yes I'm planning to make more videos but unfortunately, at the moment I'm finding it hard to post with the same frequency - I hope to get back soon!

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[@MikeOtranto]

Hi Ambra, I found this video to be very helpful. I like how you organized the prepositions and their meaning while color-coding the different categories. I am visually oriented so this helps me a lot. I have a question. Can TRA & FRA be used interchangeably? For example, "Il diziornario e' FRA i miei libri." Would it be incorrect to use TRA instead of FRA in that sentence?

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Tra and fra mean exactly the same so yes. :)

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[@heidigoldman]

Grazie per la lezione. Prepzione sono molte difficile per me. I was wondering why we use Per instead of Tra/Fra in this example you gave: E' stato in Germania per 8 mesi but in the next examples you used Fra: Ti chiamo tra un'ora And Si sposano fra 5 mesi. Is it because the latter two are in the future? And the first example has a set time? Thank you!

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I'm not sure why it's "Danno" and not "Dano" for "they give"?

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Hi Vincent, thank you very much for watching my video 😊 I have two lessons on Italian articles:
1) DEFINITE ARTICLES - th-cam.com/video/xYLACIFie4w/w-d-xo.html
2) INDEFINITE ARTICLES - th-cam.com/video/8l8MyXe8kGo/w-d-xo.html
You can check them out and let me know if you have any questions or need further clarifications? Grazie!

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Thank you so much for your video. Could you explain to me why you wrote E' instead of È for "(he) is" is your video? Is this an Italian convention? Thank you!

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Hello! Thanks for pointing it out! That's actually an issue with the font 😅 I apologize for the confusion... the correct spelling is È (not E'). Grazie mille!

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Not yet! But I'll make it soon - any questions in particular you'd like me to cover?

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[@teachmaria4337]

Ciao Ambra, grazie per il video. Ho una domanda.
La differenza tra la preposizione per e a ( in fatto di ricevente ) come posso capire quando usare la preposizione per ?
Esempio: Questo regalo è per te
Esempio: Compro la maglietta a Maria
Esempio: Questo è per Maria
Esempio: faccio la torta a Maria
Esempio: faccio la torta per Maria
Esempio: Compra la maglietta a/ per Maria
Mi sembra che in base alle regole dovremmo usare sempre “a” in quanto l’azione è rivolta a un’altra persona ma purtroppo risulta sbagliato…
Potresti aiutarmi a capire quando usare “ per” o “a” per chi riceve qualcosa o per quando l’azione è rivolta a qualcuno ?
Grazie mille per il video ( hai una nuova alunna 😊)

[@AmbraConnexita]

Ciao Maria, grazie per aver guardato il video e ottima domanda! Per capire la preposizione giusta io guarderei il verbo. Per esempio, "dare" di solito regge la preposizione "a":
- Do un regalo a mia sorella
- Diamo una caramella al bambino
Con il verbo "essere" invece devi sempre usare la preposizione "per" in questo contesto:
- questo regalo è per te
- la torta è per il vostro compleanno
Con il verbo "fare" dipende dal contesto. Con l'espressione "fare un regalo" è meglio usare la preposizione "a":
- Faccio un regalo a mia mamma
- Ha fatto un regalo a suo padre
Nel contesto di preparare qualcosa (come una torta), io userei "per":
- Faccio una torta per i vicini
- Faccio un pranzo per la mia amica
- Facciamo una festa per il nostro anniversario
Spero di aver chiarito maglio l'argomento ma fammi sapere se hai ancora dubbi🙂

[@johngrepevaldez2531]

There's a mistake where you explain "per" in destination. There's a tilde missing in "è". Just an observation. Nice videos. :)

[@AmbraConnexita]

Thanks for letting me know!

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[@ritchiee1980]

Bellissimo!
Ho una domanda.. È possibile a/di dire:
Questo telefono cellulare è di me.

[@AmbraConnexita]

Ciao Ritchie, grazie per la domanda 😊 con il pronome personale non usiamo la preposizione "di" ma piuttosto il pronome possessivo, per esempio: questo telefono è mio, questo telefono è tuo, questo telefono è suo, etc.
Però se ti riferisci a qualcuno usando il suo nome allora puoi usare la preposizione "di". Per esempio: questo telefono è di mia mamma, questo telefono è di Marco, questo telefono è di un suo amico, etc.
Fammi sapere se hai ancora dubbi! 😊

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@@AmbraConnexita.. Grazie mille per la sua risposta che aclara la mia domanda.

[@ritchiee1980]

Ho un'altra domanda per favore...
Per parlare della procedencia posso usare DI o DA ...
Vorrei have this chiaro. Di + paese
-Sono di Bolivia.
Da with verbs like venire..?
- Vengo da Bolivia.
Per the ending, I assume it is female. Therefore should I say..
Vengo della Bolivia?

[@AmbraConnexita]

@@ritchiee1980 per la provenienza hai le seguenti opzioni:
1. Vengo DA + città: vengo da Roma, vengo da La Paz, ecc.
2. Vengo + Preposizione Articolata (DALLA, DAL, DALL',DAGLI): vengo dall'Italia, vengo dalla Bolivia, vengo dagli Stati Uniti, ecc.
3. Sono + DI + città: sono di Milano, sono di Londra, ecc.
4. Sono + Nazionalità: sono italiana, sono boliviano, sono francese, ecc.
Ho fatto una lezione su come rispondere alla domanda "da dove vieni?", ti lascio il link qui nel caso volessi darle un'occhiata: th-cam.com/video/2SO-G7iaPEw/w-d-xo.html
Fammi sapere se hai altre domande, a presto!

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Adesso, questo è chiaro come il acqua. 😊😊😊

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ciao carissama Ambra

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Grazie tante Io lingbooh Bocer
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[@justacomment0214]

“Vado a dormire”
It seems redundant to say “A” when the infinitive verb dormire already has “to” in it as in “to sleep”
Can somebody explain to me why this example sentence has to have the preposition with an Infinitive?

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So confusing 😢

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Repeat the lesson.You will understand .

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At first, it is a bit overwhelming. I've been studying this subject in a passive method. I really enjoyed this video. Don't give up, we will keep practicing 😊 un giorno potremo avere una conversazione in italiano(google translate😅)

[@marqs3lby]

I don't get it.
Enzo e' DI Torino but vengono DA Firenze. Why is there difference?

[@RobLewis3]

Agreed. It seems to make no logical sense.

[@jacquescameron2323]

How come you discuss IN and not NEL at the same time or when to use which proposition?!

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La tua canale e piu utile.

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Seems like there’s a lot of overlap with these prepositions with several meaning the same thing in a sentence.

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I means IO and we means NOi then why did you use stiamo and Vado?

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