Combined Prepositions in Italian

The combined prepositions come from the union of a simple preposition and a definite article.

As you can see, the only prepositions that combine with the article are di, a, da , in and su.

Ex. Come arrivo dalla stazione all’albergo? (How can I get from the station to the hotel?)

       Il libro è nel cassetto (The book is in the drawer)

       Ieri sera ero a casa della mia amica (Yesterday evening I was at my friend’s place)

       Il computer è sulla tua scrivania (The computer is on your desk)

The simple prepositions con, per, tra and fra never do the same, so when we need to use the definite article they remain separate.

Ex. La banca si trova tra la stazione e l’albergo (The bank is between the station and the hotel)

       Sono venuto con la macchina (I came by car)

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