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## UNIT EIGHT Prepositions 

1 The most common Italian prepositions are the following: 

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* The meaning of tra  and fra  is the same. 

These prepositions often correspond to the English counterparts we give here. However, as we shall see, each of them also has a number of other meanings, corresponding to other English prepositions. 

2 The prepositions di , a , da , in  and su , when used together with a noun preceded by the de fi nite article, always combine with the article: 

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The preposition con normally combines only with il and i, as col and coi ; this form is common in spoken Italian, though con il and con i are often found in the written language: 

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