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Countries / regions always with in (or nei, negli, nelle in plural). No difference between a movement to a place and residence at a place.
Vado in Italia. / Sono in Italia.
Vado in città. / Sono in città.
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Cities with a. No difference between movement to a place and residence at a place.
Vado a Roma. / Sono a Roma.
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If the stress is on the function and not on the building. No difference between movement to a place and residence at a place. In both cases it is in. (+article in some cases (nel, nella, nell' etc.))
Vado in chiesa. / Sono nella chiesa.
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If the stress is on the concrete building, not on the function: movement with a + article (al, alla, all' etc.), residence with in + article (nel, nella, nell' etc.)
Devo andare all' ospedale Santa Barbara. / Sono nell' ospedale Santa Barbara.
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In the case of casa, scuola, teatro the stress is on the function ( so there is a contradiction to 3) however the preposition is a for movement and residence
Vado a scuola. / Sono a scuola.
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Like 5 but for unknown reasons with article
Vado al cinema. / Sono al cinema. |
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