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Proposition A: basically it means AT or TO, very similar to IN. Let's see some examples:

✳️ At home
🇮🇹 A casa

✳️ At school
🇮🇹 A scuola

✳️ At work
🇮🇹 A lavoro

But it means also TO:

✳️ I want to go home.
🇮🇹 Voglio andare a casa.

✳️ I want to go to school.
🇮🇹 Voglio andare a scuola.

✳️ I want to go to work.
🇮🇹 Voglio andare a lavoro.

To sum up, these days we have learned the proposition IN. And we learned that if it's in a sentence before a definite article, it changes into NE+definite article (see the table ⬆️ from 26/5/2024)...

In the offices
Negli uffici

In the room
Nella stanza

In the house
Nella casa

In the water
Nell'acqua

Exercise:

Translate and tap to uncover the correct answer:

Examples:

✳️ The father
🇮🇹 Il padre

✳️ The eye
🇮🇹 L'occhio

✳️ The sugar
🇮🇹 Lo zucchero

✳️ The mother
🇮🇹 La madre

✳️ The water
🇮🇹 L'acqua

✳️ The cars
🇮🇹 Le macchine

✳️ The shops
🇮🇹 I negozi

And so on....

There is only one definite article in English: THE.
Unfortunately there are more definite articles in Italian. Let's see the table:

There is a problem though, in most cases the preposition IN is merged with definite articles. Let's see the combinations:

In + il ➡️ nel
In + lo ➡️ nello
In + l' ➡️ nell'
In + la ➡️ nella
In + i ➡️ nei
In + gli ➡️ negli
In + le ➡️ nelle

Let's start with one of the easiest: IN
The use is similar to English, it means AT, IN but sometimes also TO

Examples for today:

✳️ I live in a rural area.
🇮🇹 Vivo in zona di campagna.

✳️ I live in a three-storey house.
🇮🇹 Vivo in una casa a tre piani.

Let's examine the sentences:
✳️ I
🇮🇹 Io
✳️ To live
🇮🇹 Vivere (conjugation: I live - io vivo, you live - tu vivi, he/she lives - lui/lei vive, we live - noi viviamo, you live - voi vivete, they live - loro vivono)
✳️ Rural area, countryside
🇮🇹 Campagna (feminine - la, plural campagne)
✳️ Area
🇮🇹 Zona (feminine - la, plural zone)
✳️ House
🇮🇹 Casa (feminine - la, plural case)
✳️ Three
🇮🇹 Tre
✳️ Storey, floor
🇮🇹 Piano (masculine - il, plural piani)

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Usually, the verb "to have" is used with verbs which indicate an action executed by the subject and "to be" is usually used in sentences where the subject is subjected to the action or with verbs of movement. Let's see a few examples to understand it better:

➡️ action executed by the subject:
✳️ Ho parlato - I have spoken
✳️ Ho sentito - I have heard

➡️ subject is subjected to the action:
✳️ Sono nato - I was born
✳️ Sono cresciuto - I grew up

➡️ verbs of movement:
✳️ Sono andato - I went
✳️ È caduto - He fell

How to create "passato prossimo"?

Simply use a conjugated auxiliary verb "to be" or "to have" plus "part participle".

Examples:

✳️ Ho parlato
✳️ Hanno ricevuto
✳️ È caduto

When do we use "to be" and when "to have"? Let's see tomorrow...