9 Reasons You're Making Mistakes With Prepositions in Italian and How to Avoid Them

(Hint: Most mistakes come from #2)

I fell down a rabbit hole when I decided to take on Italian prepositions.

You might not know this yet, but those tiny two and three-letter words are formidable opponents.

They trick you into thinking that they’re easy and then when you try to make conversation, you realize that they’re to blame for tripping you up and stopping your Italian from sounding, well…Italian.

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Whether you’re just starting out with Italian or you’ve been on this journey for a while, the mistakes below are ones that learners at every single level of Italian make.

This is because the shades of meaning and the details you need to know to get prepositions right can be miniscule.

But as we’ve just learned, miniscule does not mean unimportant.

In fact, it’s quite the opposite.

If you’re not even aware of what simple or articulated prepositions are yet, then I suggest you start with the articles below first.

Simple Prepositions in Italian (or why the smallest words hurt the most)

Articulated Prepositions in Italian (or the baby makin’ magic that happens when an article marries a preposition)

So why are prepositions so complicated in the first place?