| 15.3.10 prepositions in - 2 |
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in |
entro |
tra / fra |
dentro |
| temporal |
in |
in (before) |
after |
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| local |
towards, to |
--* |
between |
in, inside (pronominal adverb) |
* Entro is rarely used to describe spatial relationships
| examples |
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| Viene in un' ora. |
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| Viene entro un' ora. |
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| => He comes in (less than) one hour. |
| Viene tra / fra un' ora. |
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| => He comes in (after) one hour. |
| I bambini stanno giocando nel giardino. |
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=> The children are playing in the garden.
wrong (because they are not really inside): I bambini stanno giocando dentro del giardino. |
As a pronoun
dentro as well as
in can be used if the translation with
inside is possible.
| examples |
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| Dentro il Partito della Democrazia Cristiana le minoranze contavano come le maggioranze. |
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| Nel Partito della Democrazia Cristiana le minoranze contavano come le maggioranze. |
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| Inside the party of the christian democrats the minorities counted as much as the mayorities. |
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If in English
inside cannot be used in Italian only
in is correct.
| examples |
| In Inghilterra si parla inglese. |
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| wrong: Dentro di Inghilterra si parla inglese. |
| => In England we speak English. |
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