Neapolitan/prepositions
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| Neapolitan Primer |
| (Table of Contents) |
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| Neapolitan | English |
| a | to |
| 'a | from (somewhere) |
| addu | from |
| arrèto, nnerèto | behind |
| affianco, appriesso, azzicco | beside, next to |
| cóntro | against |
| cu | with |
| d'/'e* | of |
| dinto, into | within, inside |
| fòre, fòra | outside |
| ncòppa | on, above |
| nfino a, nsino a | until |
| pe, pe' | for |
| sótto | under |
| tra, nfra | between, among, within, in |
(*d' is used before a word or article beginning with a vowel (d"o, for example), 'e is used before consonants)
Prepostions in Neapolitan are not generally articulated as they are in Italian, with the following exceptions:
- â = a + 'a (Italian, alla) = to the
- ê= a + 'e (Italian, ai, agli, alle) = to the (plural)
- ô = a + 'o (Italian, al, allo) = to the
