#37: Verbs with Prepositions

#37: Verbs with Prepositions

Author: Italian Matters June 30, 2022 Duration: 7:50

Some Italian verbs require the use of prepositions. For example “to play” in English, when talking about playing a game, in Italian translates into “giocare a”, requiring the preposition “a”.


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