Having trouble with some Italian prepositions

Jose Porras   Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:10 am GMT
When do we use a, in and al In Italian?

I am confused with some of the grammar: andare a casa, but andare alla festa. Is it possible to say vado alla casa and Vado a casa?
Guest   Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:08 am GMT
no, You have to say vado a casa but sono/sto a casa or in casa

The use of the italian prepositions is generally unpredictable unlike Spanish for instance.
Fabrizio   Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:53 pm GMT
Sure, you could say "vado alla casa" and
vado a festa" but they mean different things: for example, "Vado alla casa di Aldo"; you go to a particular person's house; and "vado a festa" meaning going out partying in general.
Guest   Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:54 pm GMT
vado a festa?? Probably in your region??
Guest   Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:09 pm GMT
vado a festa" but they mean different things: for example, "Vado alla casa di Aldo"; you go to a particular person's house; and "vado a festa" meaning going out partying in general.

Probably Fabrizio is not Italian his examples are totally wrong sorry
Guest   Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:39 pm GMT
*hispano-hablante
Guest   Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:43 am GMT
si, soy hispano y que? we also used phrases such as voy a casa (I'm going home)
Guest   Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:47 am GMT
I wonder why Italian combine a with lla= Alla
and Spanish doesn't a with la = a la

Italian di+la = della
spanish de+la = de la
Guest   Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:55 am GMT
Italian combine most prepositions with articles not only a
al, allo, alla all' ai agli alle
dal dallo dalla dall' dai dagli dalle
col coi
sul sullo sulla sull' sui sugli sulle ect

The use of the preposition is quite different in Italian, for instance:
Spanish
voy al teatro
voy al cinema
voy al doctor
voy al banco
voy a la cocina

in italian
vado a teatro
vado al cinema
vado dal dottore
vado in/alla banca
Vado in cucina

As you can see the use of prepositions in Spanish is more predictable than in Italian. Every single word has its own preposition
Guest   Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:24 am GMT
* voy al cine