Italian grammar

Preposizioni articolate

Some prepositions merge with the definite article to form contracted forms, called preposizioni articolate in Italian grammar.

So e.g. di + il = del, di + lo = dello, di + la = della etc.

It concerns following prepositions: a, di, da, in, con, su, per, tra.

Table of preposizioni articolate:

+il+lo+la+l’+i+gli+gl’+le
dideldellodelladell’deideglidegl’delle
aalalloallaall’aiagliagl’alle
concolcollocollacoll’coicoglicogl’colle
dadaldallodalladall’daidaglidagl’dalle
innelnellonellanell’neineglinegl’nelle
perpelpellopellapell’peipeglipegl’pelle
susulsullosullasull’suisuglisugl’sulle
tratra’ltrallotrallatrall’traitraglitragl’tralle

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