When Italian prepositions and articles meet …


 

When Italian prepositions and articles meet, something happens: they contract into one word.

When some simple prepositions (especially “di”, “a”, “da”, “in” or “su”) combine with definite articles (il, la, lo, i, gli, le), they create new, so-called “contracted prepositions”.

a + il → al
🇮🇹 al parco
🇬🇧 to the park, at the park

a + la → alla
🇮🇹 alla casa
🇬🇧 to the house, at the house

di + il → del
🇮🇹 del libro
🇬🇧 of the book

di + la → della
🇮🇹 della casa
🇬🇧 of the house

di + lo → dello
🇮🇹 dello zaino
🇬🇧 of the backpack

di + i → dei
🇮🇹 dei bambini
🇬🇧 of the children

di + gli → degli
🇮🇹 degli amici
🇬🇧 of the friends

di + le → delle
🇮🇹 delle ragazze
🇬🇧 of the girls

Numbers: zero to ten


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