{"id":585,"date":"2011-01-15T14:39:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T14:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=585"},"modified":"2011-01-15T14:39:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T14:39:29","slug":"in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/in\/","title":{"rendered":"In"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘In’<\/strong> is one of those Italian words that seems like a gift from the gods for English speaking students of ‘La Bella Lingua’<\/strong>. Finally a word that is exactly the same in Italian as it is in English! … or is it?<\/font><\/p>\n

In<\/strong> = in<\/font><\/p>\n

There are certainly cases in which the two words coincide, e.g.:<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
L’ho lasciato in<\/u> giardino<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve left it in<\/u> the garden<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
L’anno scorso ho fatto una vacanza in<\/u> Germania<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last year I had a holiday in<\/u> Germany<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

However, don’t get too excited because:<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Quest’anno vado in<\/u> Spagna per le vacanze<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This year I’m going to<\/u> Spain for my holidays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
L’ho lasciato nel<\/u> giardino<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve left it in the<\/u> garden<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

As you can see, ‘in’<\/strong> can also mean ‘to’.<\/p>\n

You will also note that we can use both ‘in’<\/strong> by itself or in combination with the definite article ‘the’, i.e.:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
in + il = nel<\/strong> as in nel<\/u> giardino<\/strong> (in the<\/u> garden – masc. sing.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in + lo = nello<\/strong> as in nello<\/u> scantinato<\/strong> (in the<\/u> cellar – masc. sing)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in + la = nella<\/strong> as in nella<\/u> macchina<\/strong> (in the<\/u> car – fem. sing.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in + i = nei<\/strong> as in nei<\/u> boschi<\/strong> (in the<\/u> woods – masc. plural)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in + gli = negli<\/strong> as in negli<\/u> Stati Uniti<\/strong> (in the<\/u> United States – masc. plural)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in + le = nelle<\/strong> as in nelle<\/u> case<\/strong> (in the<\/u> houses – fem. plural)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

N.B.<\/strong> You can omit omit the definitive article from the singular, e.g. in giardino, in scantinato, in macchina,<\/strong> but not<\/u> in the plural, e.g. nei giardini, negli scantinati, nelle macchine, <\/strong>etc.<\/p>\n

In English, we also use the word ‘in’ when talking about periods of time, e.g. your car will be ready in<\/u> two hours. In Italian we use either fra<\/strong> or tra<\/strong> (they are interchangeable): la sua macchina sar\u00e0 pronta fra<\/u> due ore<\/strong>. Here are a few more examples:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ci vediamo fra<\/u> una mezz’oretta<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ll see you in<\/u> half an hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La cena sar\u00e0 pronta tra<\/u> cinque minuti<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dinner will be ready in<\/u> five minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A fra<\/u> poco<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ll see you in<\/u> a little while\/shortly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Fra\/tra<\/strong> also has the meaning of ‘between’ or ‘amongst’:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ci vediamo fra<\/u> le due e le due e mezza<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ll see you between<\/u> two and half past two<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
L’ho lasciato in giardino tra<\/u> gli alberi di mele<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve left it in the garden amongst<\/u> the apple trees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
When you want to use ‘in’ to mean ‘inside’ you need to say dentro<\/strong>, e.g.:<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fa molto caldo qui dentro<\/u><\/strong> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
It’s very hot in<\/u> here<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mettilo dentro<\/u> quella scatola l\u00ec per piacere<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Put it in<\/u> that box over there please<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

‘Entro’<\/strong>, on the other hand, means ‘within’, or ‘by’, e.g.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
La sua macchina sar\u00e0 pronta entro<\/u> tre giorni<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
your car will be ready within<\/u> three days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Da consumare entro<\/u> 1 gennaio 2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
To be consumed by<\/u> the 1st of January 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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‘In’ is one of those Italian words that seems like a gift from the gods for English speaking students of ‘La Bella Lingua’. Finally a word that is exactly the same in Italian as it is in English! … or is it? In = in There are certainly cases in which the two words coincide…<\/p>\n

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