{"id":16953,"date":"2016-05-21T05:55:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T20:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=16953"},"modified":"2021-09-06T17:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T08:38:06","slug":"preposizioni-di-tempo-italian-prepositions-of-time-premium-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/preposizioni-di-tempo-italian-prepositions-of-time-premium-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Preposizioni di tempo, Italian prepositions of time &#8211; Audio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Today we&#8217;ll talk about <em>preposizioni di tempo<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>We learned that Italian prepositions, le preposizioni, do not follow precise rules. We can however indicate some important patterns.<\/p>\n<p>Ciao a tutti.<\/p>\n<p>Prepositions are always tricky. We can simplify this intricate topic by explaining the function of&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2015\/08\/preposizioni-italian-prepositions-complete-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preposizioni<\/a>.&nbsp;Today I&#8217;m going to talk about time, <a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2015\/06\/talk-about-time-in-italian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">il tempo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Italian students learn the <em>preposizioni semplici<\/em> in a very precise order, since elementary school, sorted from the most common (di) to the least (tra\/fra). If you are studying Italian with a native teacher, he or she will confirm that the <em>preposizioni<\/em> are&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">DI &#8211; A &#8211; DA &#8211; IN &#8211; (CON &#8211; SU) &#8211; PER &#8211; TRA\/FRA<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DI<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s by far the most common preposition and the most flexible. It indicates a simple relation between elements of a sentence. When we talk about time, <strong>DI<\/strong> can be used as follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preferisco studiare l&#8217;italiano <strong>di<\/strong>&nbsp;mattina.<\/li>\n<li>Mi incontro sempre con gli amici al bar <strong>di<\/strong> domenica.<\/li>\n<li>Domani devo lavorare <strong>di<\/strong> pomeriggio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">We can use DI to indicate a part of the day (<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">di<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> mattina &#8211; or mattino -, pomeriggio, sera, notte), a day of the week (<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">di<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> venerd\u00ec), less frequently seasons (<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">d&#8217;<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">estate, but more frequently <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">in<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> estate).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the first and second example, <strong>di&nbsp;<\/strong>indicates a routine, a usual action. In the third one, it introduces a single event in a part of the day.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16953-1\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp01.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp01.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> is,&nbsp;like&nbsp;<strong>DI, <\/strong>used&nbsp;very frequently.&nbsp;As a preposition of time, <strong>A<\/strong>&nbsp;is similar to the English &#8220;at&#8221;, with remarkable differences. Let&#8217;s see some examples.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ho un appuntamento dal dottore <strong>alle<\/strong> cinque del pomeriggio.<\/li>\n<li>Sono nato <strong>a<\/strong>&nbsp;febbraio.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A<\/strong> Natale in Italia non si lavora.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">I need to see the doctor at 5.&nbsp;In this case <strong>A<\/strong> works like &#8220;at&#8221; but we say <strong>alle 5<\/strong>, literally &#8220;at the five&#8221;. Quite different when we talk about months: we usually say <em><strong>a<\/strong> febbraio (&#8220;at&#8221; February),&nbsp;<\/em>but <em>in febbraio<\/em> is acceptable. Please note that months are written without the initial capital letter. When we have national holidays like Christmas, we say&nbsp;<em><strong>a<\/strong>&#8230; Natale, Pasqua, capodanno, ferragosto. (lit. &#8220;at&#8221; christmas).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16953-2\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp02.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp02.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp02.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DA<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>DA<\/strong>&nbsp;works like the English &#8220;since&#8221;, &#8220;for&#8221; and &#8220;from&#8221; when it&#8217;s related to time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abito a Roma <strong>da<\/strong> cinque anni.<\/li>\n<li>Noi lavoriamo <strong>dalla<\/strong> mattina alla sera.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Da<\/strong> quando siamo tornati a Londra, ci manca l&#8217;Italia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that we use a simple present in this case (<em>I live in Rome since<\/em>&#8230; instead of <em>I&#8217;ve been living in Rome for&#8230;<\/em>). We can use <strong>da<\/strong> in combination with <strong>a&nbsp;<\/strong>just like <em>from&#8230; to&#8230;&nbsp;<\/em>. In the third example, we can describe&nbsp;a point in time in the past with <strong>da<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16953-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp03.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp03.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp03.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>IN<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Mauro \u00e8 nato <strong>nel<\/strong> 1984.<\/li>\n<li>Mi piace mangiare le arance <strong>in <\/strong>inverno.<\/li>\n<li>Gli italiani vanno in vacanza <strong>in <\/strong>agosto.<\/li>\n<li>La mia casa \u00e8 stata costruita <strong>in<\/strong> sei mesi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We can use <strong>in<\/strong> to indicate a year, a season, a month. It&#8217;s also used to define a period of time, with a beginning and an end.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16953-4\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp04.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp04.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp04.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ho vissuto a Milano <strong>per<\/strong> 5 anni.<\/li>\n<li>Studier\u00f2 all&#8217;Universit\u00e0 di Venezia <strong>per<\/strong> i prossimi 4 anni.<\/li>\n<li>Ti aspetto ancora <strong>per<\/strong> 15 minuti, poi vado&nbsp;a casa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this case, <strong>per<\/strong> works like the English &#8220;for&#8221;, It describes an action lasting for a complete period of time in the past, in the future and an ongoing action with an end in the future.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16953-5\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp05.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp05.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp05.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TRA \/ FRA<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tra<\/strong> 5 mesi, Federico diventer\u00e0 padre.<\/li>\n<li>Partiremo per le ferie <strong>fra<\/strong> una settimana.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fra<\/strong> trent&#8217;anni forse andr\u00f2 in pensione.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Federico will be a father in a month (from now). In this case we use <strong>tra or fra<\/strong>. These two prepositions are perfectly interchangeable. You may want to use the best match in terms of sound \/ pronunciation.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16953-6\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp06.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp06.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/preptemp06.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Con<\/strong> and <strong>Su<\/strong> don&#8217;t have any particular use when it comes to time. We can use SU to make an approximation like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp; Per andare alla stazione ci vorranno <strong>sui<\/strong> dieci minuti.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The station is <strong>about<\/strong> 10 minutes from here. That&#8217;s rather conversational, and <strong>su<\/strong>&nbsp;is valid for any approximation, not only time.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading. Alla prossima!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Italian painting of the day: Tiziano Vecellio,<a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bacco_e_Arianna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <em>Bacco e Arianna (1523)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we&#8217;ll talk about preposizioni di tempo We learned that Italian prepositions, le preposizioni, do not follow precise rules. We can however indicate some important patterns. Ciao a tutti. Prepositions are always tricky. We can simplify this intricate topic by explaining the function of&nbsp;the&nbsp;preposizioni.&nbsp;Today I&#8217;m going to talk about time, il tempo. Italian students learn &#8230; <a title=\"Preposizioni di tempo, Italian prepositions of time &#8211; Audio\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/preposizioni-di-tempo-italian-prepositions-of-time-premium-podcast\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Preposizioni di tempo, Italian prepositions of time &#8211; Audio\">Read more \u226b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10020,"featured_media":17008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lingua","no-featured-image-padding","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}