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anyone who knows how to use the prepositions in, a, tra/fra, con, su, da & di in italian phrases? help.?

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1. sheesh ..get a life dude!
2. OK..here we go! Tra/Fra-tra and fra can mean between, like it is between to pieces of bread. But, in Italy, they use it alot to say something with happen FRA 3 minutes. So, 'Vengo fra 3 minuti' is I will come in 3 minutes. Di-di means of. Also, you dont say' It is Bob's cat' in Italian. Di/of shows ownership in Italian. So, you would say, 'The cat is DI Bob', or 'Il gatto e di Bob'. Da-From 'Sono da America' means I am from America. In-in means in! nella casa means in the house. (Nella=in+the) So, spelled out- In la casa con-with Sono con te! I am with you! a-a can be used like in. You use a for certain cases. I do not remeber all the details but I think you use a for cities and in for countries. You can also say Vado a cavalli to say that you go horsebackriding (lit. translation-I go to horses) su-on Sulla tavola means on the table. (Sulla=su+the) I hope this is not too confusing! Check out the Yahoo! Group stuidiamo italiano. They are really helpful! it is here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/studiamoitaliano/?yguid=218483748