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Big idea: Prepositions + articles (nel, al, del…): Common contractions

Italian frequently contracts prepositions with articles — learn them as chunks.

Common contractions

These are extremely frequent in everyday speech.

  • a + il = al
  • in + il = nel
  • di + il = del
Vado al lavoro.
I go to work.
Sono nel bagno.
I am in the bathroom.

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I go to work.
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Which sentence matches “I go to work.”?