Concetti Chiave
- Le preposizioni di tempo principali sono "in", "at" e "on", utilizzate per specificare momenti o periodi.
- La preposizione "in" viene usata per mesi, anni, secoli e periodi della giornata.
- La preposizione "at" si utilizza per orari specifici, pasti, festività e alcune espressioni come "at night".
- La preposizione "on" si applica a giorni specifici della settimana e date precise.
- Espressioni temporali con "on" e "in" non si usano con parole come "every", "this", "last" e "next".
Le preposizioni di tempo specificano il momento o il periodo in cui avviene l'azione.
Le principali preposizioni di tempo sono in, at e on.
> con le - in the afternoon (Alexandra was invited to a tea party so she need to buy cups in the afternoon)
> con i - in July (My family is planning to go to Paris in July and I am really exited about it)
> con gli - in 2018 (In 2018 your brother was born and I remember to have brought to you a rattle)
> con i - in the twenty-first century (We are in the 21st century and they still do not know how to chuck the fug end in the ashtray!)
> con i - in the Middle Ages (If I were born in the Middle Ages I would go to a tavern to eat local food and enjoy drinking cider)
> con i - in summer (Georgina told us she wanted to find a job in summer so that she could have support herself during the holidays)
> con le - at a quarter past ten (The dad reprimanded his son because he had an appointment at 10.15 and he was still in his pyjama)
> con - at noon (Carlos usually go to bed at noon but since tomorrow morning he will play soccer with his team he went to sleep earlier)
> con night (The mum went shopping at night because she had to work during the day)
> con i pasti
- at dinner (I usually eat lentils at dinner)
> con periodi indicanti festività
- at Christmas (Did you received lots of presents at Christmas?)
> con l'- at (the age of) sixteen (At the age of 16 I wanted to be a doctor but in the end I graduated in English literature)
> con i - on Sunday (On Sunday my grandma usually cooks pancakes with chocolate cips)
> con le parti del giorno precedute dal nome del giorno
- on Saturday morning (On Saturday morning Peter reads his newspaper while Jennifer drinks her coffee with milk)
> con le - on 21st March (My birthday is on the 21th of March and I would like to invite you to eat a pizza in the new pizzeria)
> con - on my birthday (When I was young on my birthday my mum used to organize my party at the oratory but now we prefer celebrate it at home with my friends)
Differences between temporal expressions
Non si usano le preposizioni on e in se l'espressione di tempo è preceduta da every (ogni), this/that (questo/quello) e last/next (l’ultimo/il prossimo).
È bene, inoltre, osservare, delle differenze tra le seguenti espressioni:
> on time (in orario) e in time (in tempo)
- He is never on time, but she is always in time for the beginning of the show.
> at the end (alla fine) e in the end (infine, alla fine)
- At the end fo the story they find what they were looking for.
Domande da interrogazione
- What are the main prepositions of time and their uses?
- When should the preposition "at" be used in time expressions?
The main prepositions of time are "in," "at," and "on," each used to specify different moments or periods when an action occurs.
"At" is used for specific times, meals, and periods indicating festivities, such as "at a quarter past ten," "at noon," "at night," "at dinner," and "at Christmas."
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