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di

of

preposition DEE Common
Grammar & Structure Prepositions

Origin: from Latin de

Also means

from

Usage Note

Di marks possession and origin, and combines with articles into forms like del, della, dei. It also forms the partitive ('some'), as in del pane ('some bread'). Note di contracts to d' before some vowels, especially in d'accordo ('agreed').

Examples

"È la casa di Maria."

Natural Translation

It's Maria's house.

Literal Translation

It-is the house of Maria.

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