April 29

Learn to speak Italian: Preposition A

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Buongiorno a tutti,

Here are some examples of expressions followed by the preposition A:

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A. Before a Noun or Pronoun

assistere a – to attend assomigliare a – to resemble credere a – to believe in dare noia a – to annoy dar da mangiare a – to feed dare fastidio a – to bother dare retta a – to listen to dare torto a – to blame dare la caccia a – to chase dare un calcio a – to kick dare un pugno a – to punch fare attenzione a – to pay attention fare bene (male) a – to to be good (bad)fare piacere a – to please fare vedere a – to show fare visita a – to visit fare un regalo a – to give a present to giocare a – to play a gamei nteressarsi a – to be interested in partecipare a – to participate in pensare a – to think about raccomandarsi a – to ask favors of ricordare a – to remind rinunciare a – to give up servire a – to be good for stringere la mano a – to shake hands with tenere a – to care about

B. Before an Infinitive

abituarsi a – to get used to affrettarsi a – to hurry aiutare a – to help cominciare a – to begin continuare a – to continue convincere a – to convince costringere a – to compel decidersi a – to make up divertirsi a – to have a good time fare meglio a – to do better fare presto a – to do quickly imparare a – to learn incoraggiare a – to encourage insegnare a – to teach invitare a – to invite to mandare a – to send obbligare a – to oblige pensare a – to think about persuadere a – to convince preparare a – to prepare provare a – to try one’s mind rinunciare a – to give up riprendere a – to resume risucire a – to succeed sbrigarsi a – to hurry servire a – to be good for

C. Verbs of Movement + A

andare a – to gocorrere a – to runfermarsi a – to stoppassare a – to stop bystare a – to staytornare a – to returnvenire a – to come

Some Examples:

Chiedere a qualcuno = To ask someone

Credere a qualcuno/qualcosa = To believe in someone/something

Dire a qualcuno = To tell someone/to say to someone

Giocare a = To play (a game)

Insegnare a qualcuno = To teach someone

Interessarsi a = To be interested in

Partecipare a = To participate in

Pensare a qualcosa = To think about something

Permettere a qualcuno = To allow someone

Proibire a qualcuno = To forbid someone

Ricordare a qualcuno = To remind someone

Rispondere a qualcuno =To answer someone

Rinunciare a = To give up/renounce

Rubare a = To steal from

Somigliare/assomigliare a = To look like, to resemble

Tenere a qualcosa = To care about something

Ubbidire a = To obey

Hope you find this free Italian grammar lesson useful as I know Italian prepositions are hard to understand!

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