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i have gotten "Nel pomeriggio" and "Di pomeriggio" both translating to "in the afternoon"
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One preposition, “di” for example, can have six different meanings – of, by, about, from, at, and than. ‧ To make matters worse, the other prepositions – a, da, in, per, su, tra/fra, – share meanings with “di.” ‧ icebergproject.co/italian/2014/03/9-reasons-youre-making-mistakes-with-prepositions-in-italian-and-how-to-avoid-them-hint-most-mistakes-come-from-2/ ‧
Anyone know the etymology behind il pomeriggio? I'm having a hard time remembering it and have sorted to thinking "apple time"
However in another exercise, it was marked incorrect to say "nella mattina". Can you help me understand why (it is acceptable to use "nel pomeriggio" but not "nella mattina")? Thanks!
No but "of an afternoon" is when referring to something you regularly do in the afternoon.
So i think we've seen "di pomeriggio", "nel pomeriggio" and "al pomeriggio", could somebody explain the differences?
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"di pomeriggio" indicates répétition; "nel pomeriggio" refers to an afternoon in particular ; "al pomeriggio" would only be used after a verb requiring the preposition "a", eg pensare/ sopravvivere al pomeriggio.
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Aqualinda, many thanks for that explanation, very, very useful and the sort of information vital to getting it right,
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Since the drop-down says "about" is a translation for "di," why is "about afternoon" incorrect? For example, "it was about afternoon when we left the house". If "about" is not a translation for "di," why is it in the drop-down.
