Simple preposition chart - English to Italian

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In the following table you can find all Italian traductions of English prepositions with some examples.

English	Italian	Use	English	Italian
about	di su su (+ article)	topic topic approximation	(to speak) about food (a book) about how to sleep well (to weight) about five kilos	(parlare) di cibo (un libro) su come dormire bene (pesare) sui cinque chili
among	tra / fra	position "among" more elements	among these fruits	tra questi frutti
at	a a (+ article) a da in	age hour location (with some public places) location (with some public places) location (with some public places)	at twenty at eight o'clock at the restaurant at the dentist at the brewery	a vent'anni alle otto in punto al ristorante dal dentista in birreria
between	tra / fra	position "between" two elements interval of time relations	between my bike and yours between today and tomorrow between our mother and our father	tra / fra la mia bici e la tua tra / fra oggi e domani tra nostra madre e nostro padre
by	da con (+ article) in	agent in passive sentences transports transports	(written) by my cousin by car by car	(scritto) da mio cugino con la macchina in macchina
for	da per per per	starting point in time duration reason price and measure	for three years for nine months for your intuition for nine kilometres	da tre anni per nove mesi per la tua intuizione per nove chilometri
from	di da da tra / fra	origin starting point in space / origin starting point in time distance	(to come) from Milan (to come back) from London from today onwards two meters from here	(essere) di Milano (tornare) da Londra da oggi in poi tra due metri
in	di di a a in in in in su tra / fra	parts of the day comparisons location in space (with cities) months location in space location in time motion within a space abilities & languages distribution interval of time	in the morning in the class in Rome in July in this pub in 1998 in the courtyard in Spanish one girl out of ten in six months	di mattina (no article!) della (di + la) classe a Roma a Luglio in questo locale nel (in + il ) 1998 nel (in + il) cortile in spagnolo una ragazza su dieci tra sei mesi
on	su su	location topic	on the chair (a conference) on how to eat healthy	sulla (su + la) sedia (una conferenza) su come mangiare sano
of	di di di di	possession contents cause or reason part of a group	the canals of Venice a pot of beans happy of being blond several of you	i canali di Venezia una pentola di fagioli contento di essere biondo molti di voi
since	da	starting point in time	since when I saw you	da quando ti ho visto
through	da per	motion "through" something (space) motion "through" something (literary and figurative)	through this room through the park	da questa stanza per il parco
to	a a in per per per	direction (cities & some public places) indirect object direction (countries, regions, big islands) destination purposes imminence of an action	(to go) to Venice (to give) to them (to go) to Germany (the train) to Turin to get advantages to be about to eat	(andare) a Venezia (dare) a loro (andare) in Germania (il treno) per Torino per ottenere vantaggi stare per mangiare
with	con con con con con	literal and figurative company tools characteristics ways comparisons	with my mother with the hammer (the man) with the green jacket with precision to compare with you	con mia madre con il martello (l'uomo) con la giacca verde con precisione (confrontare) con te

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Exercise on translation of simple prepositions (English to italian) - Drag text

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Exercise on translation of simple prepositions (English to Italian) - Single choice set

Exercise on Italian simple prepositions - Question set