Italian All-in-One For Dummies (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
For example, I’m going school isn’t a complete sentence; you need to say, I’m going to school. Choosing one preposition over another leads you to say different things, such as I’m speaking to you or I’m speaking about you. One preposition can also play different functions. In the sentence I’m at home, the word at conveys place. In the sentence He’s at ease, it conveys someone’s feelings. On the other hand, different prepositions can convey similar meanings, as with in the evening or at night. Prepositions are difficult to master in any language because their use is idiomatic in many cases. The basic rule, therefore, is practice, practice, and more practice. This chapter guides you through the main Italian prepositions (called preposizioni semplici [simple prepositions]) and how to combine them with articles. You discover how to choose the preposition that corresponds to the one you’d use in English in the same situation, because literal translation won’t do.
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