{"id":17374,"date":"2016-08-28T20:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T11:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=17374"},"modified":"2022-05-24T00:32:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T15:32:25","slug":"preposizioni-articolate-italian-compound-prepositions-quiz-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/preposizioni-articolate-italian-compound-prepositions-quiz-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Preposizioni articolate &#8211; Italian compound prepositions &#8211; PODCAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Learn the Italian &#8220;preposizioni articolate&#8221;, compound prepositions, with examples and a free podcast.<\/h1>\n<p>Ciao a tutti.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Italians love to&nbsp;connect&nbsp;<a title=\"Preposizioni semplici, Italian prepositions \u2013 quick guide and quiz\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2013\/05\/preposizioni-semplici-italian-prepositions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">simple prepositions<\/a> and <a title=\"Italian articles, quick guide and quiz\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2013\/05\/italian-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articles<\/a>&nbsp;for creating compound prepositions. The reason why compound prepositions exist is quite simple. They help different elements of a sentence to connect smoothly and keep a musical cadence when you speak or read. In fact, Italian wouldn&#8217;t be such a musical language without <em>preposizioni articolate<\/em>. Once you learn them, they will come out naturally and help you to speak more fluently. Ready to start?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let&#8217;s take a very basic example, the classic &#8220;pen <strong>on the<\/strong> table&#8221;:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>La penna \u00e8 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sul<\/span> tavolo<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>La penna \u00e8&nbsp;su (+) il&nbsp;tavolo<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Try to repeat the two sentences using SUL and the SU IL and compare the results. The first sentence is&nbsp;much smoother than the second.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have a look at all the <em>preposizioni articolate.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17384\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate.png\" alt=\"preposizioni-articolate\" width=\"673\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate.png 673w, https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-91x52.png 91w, https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-219x126.png 219w, https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-294x169.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you read carefully the overview of the <em>preposizioni articolate<\/em>, you will notice they all follow the same pattern.<\/p>\n<p>A few notes before diving into some live language examples.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">We use only articoli determinativi (<em>il, lo, la, i, gli, le, <\/em>and<em> l&#8217;&nbsp;<\/em>= THE) and not articoli indeterminativi (<em>un, un,o una<\/em> = A) for creating <em>preposizioni articolate<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Italian <em>preposizioni semplici<\/em> include <em>per<\/em> (for) <em>tra<\/em> and <em>fra<\/em> (between\/among) but they don&#8217;t create any <em>preposizioni articolate. <\/em>So, for example we simply say: &#8220;Mi piace camminare<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em> tra la <\/em><\/strong><\/span>gente<i>&#8220;<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>Con<\/em> is rapidly following the destiny of <em>per tra <\/em>and<em> fra.<\/em>&nbsp;Compound prepositions <em>col<\/em> and <em>coi<\/em>&nbsp;are used in the spoken language, less in writing. <em>Con il<\/em> and <em>con i&nbsp;<\/em>are more common.<\/li>\n<li>All the preposizioni articolate with&nbsp;<strong>di <\/strong>can be used as<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a title=\"Italian articoli partitivi, I don\u2019t want it all, just some \u2013 QUIZ\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2013\/06\/italian-articoli-partitivi-i-dont-want-it-all-just-some-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articoli partitivi<\/a>, which indicate a part of uncountable nouns. e.g. Vorrei <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>del<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>latte ( I&#8217;d like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>some<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>milk).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ok, now we are ready. We&#8217;ll go through all of them with some&nbsp;examples<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">DI<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DI + IL = DEL &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Il Milan \u00e8 la mia squadra <strong>del<\/strong> cuore.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DI + LO = DELLO &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>La macchina <strong>dello<\/strong> zio \u00e8 una Alfa Romeo.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DI + LA = DELLA &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Stasera manger\u00f2 <strong>della<\/strong> pizza.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DI + I = DEI &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Giulia e Andrea sono amici <strong>dei<\/strong> miei figli.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DI + GLI =DEGLI &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>Non \u00e8 educato guardare nel piatto <strong>degli<\/strong> altri.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DI + LE = DELLE &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>La mia favola preferita \u00e8 &#8220;Alice nel paese <strong>delle<\/strong> meraviglie&#8221;.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17374-1\" preload=\"auto\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-01.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-01.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>A + IL = AL &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Domani mattina vado <strong>al<\/strong> mercato a fare la spesa.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>A + LO = ALLO &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>Il piatto di Milano \u00e8 il risotto <strong>allo<\/strong> zafferano.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>A + LA = ALLA &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;Alla<\/strong> fine della cena di solito non bevo mai il caff\u00e8.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>A + I = AI &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Venezia \u00e8 cara, bisogna stare molto attenti <strong>ai<\/strong> prezzi.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>A + GLI = AGLI &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;Agli<\/strong> italiani piace tantissimo il calcio.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>A + LE = ALLE &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>Io e Laura abbiamo un appuntamento <strong>alle<\/strong> sette e mezza.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17374-2\" preload=\"auto\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-02.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-02.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-02.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DA + IL = DAL &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Mi fa male un dente, devo andare <strong>dal<\/strong> dentista.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DA + LO = DALLO &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>Il satellite ha&nbsp;fotografato la terra&nbsp;<strong>dallo<\/strong> spazio.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DA + LA = DALLA &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Ho ricevuto un regalo <strong>dalla<\/strong> mia amica.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DA + I = DAI &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>Mi piace quella ragazza <strong>dai<\/strong> capelli rossi.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DA + GLI =DAGLI&#8212;&gt;<\/strong> Non accettare caramelle <strong>dagli<\/strong> sconosciuti.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>DA + LE = DALLE &#8212;&gt;<\/strong> Il supermercato \u00e8 aperto <strong>dalle<\/strong> 7 alle 21.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17374-3\" preload=\"auto\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-03.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-03.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-03.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">IN<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>IN + IL = NEL &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Se hai sete, c&#8217;\u00e8 della cola cola <strong>nel<\/strong> frigorifero.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>IN + LO = NELLO &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>Mario, metti la merenda <strong>nello<\/strong> zaino e vai a scuola.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>IN + LA = NELLA &#8212;&gt; Nella<\/strong> mia citt\u00e0 ci sono due cinema.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>IN + I = NEI &#8212;&gt;<\/strong> &nbsp;Di solito <strong>nei<\/strong> giorni di sole faccio una passeggiata.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>IN + GLI = NEGLI &#8212;&gt; Negli<\/strong> Stati Uniti si parla inglese.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>IN + LE = NELLE &#8212;&gt; Nelle <\/strong>campagne toscane ci sono tanti vigneti.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17374-4\" preload=\"auto\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-04.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-04.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-04.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">SU<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>SU + IL = SUL &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>Sono salito<strong> sul <\/strong>Duomo di Milano.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>SU + LO = SULLO &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>I tuoi libri sono <strong>sullo<\/strong> scaffale.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>SU + LA = SULLA&#8212;&gt; <\/strong>Il prossimo anno ci saranno nuove tasse<strong> sulla <\/strong>casa.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>SU + I = SUI &#8212;&gt;&nbsp;<\/strong>La foto del nuovo presidente \u00e8 <strong>sui<\/strong> giornali di tutto il mondo.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>SU + GLI =SUGLI &#8212;&gt; <\/strong>In Amazzonia, le scimmie vivono <strong>sugli<\/strong> alberi.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>SU + LE = SULLE&#8212;&gt; Sulle&nbsp;<\/strong>spiagge italiane ci sono turisti da tutto il mondo.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17374-5\" preload=\"auto\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-08.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-08.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/preposizioni-articolate-08.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grazie e a presto!<\/p>\n<p>Italian Painting of Today: Giuseppe Amisani, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Giuseppe_Amisani?uselang=it#\/media\/File:Amisani_la_modella.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La modella<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>(1920)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the Italian &#8220;preposizioni articolate&#8221;, compound prepositions, with examples and a free podcast. Ciao a tutti. Italians love to&nbsp;connect&nbsp;simple prepositions and articles&nbsp;for creating compound prepositions. The reason why compound prepositions exist is quite simple. They help different elements of a sentence to connect smoothly and keep a musical cadence when you speak or read. 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