Sono  di  Ferrara. La domenica vado  al  cinema. Sono  a  scuola. Vengo  da  Ferrara. Abito  da  mia nonna. Luisa è  in  camera sua. Devi camminare  sul  marciapiedi. il ponte  sull’ Arno Partite  per  Dublino? Novara è  fra  Torino e Milano. Siamo  tra  amici. I am/come from Ferrara. On Sundays I go to the cinema. I’m at school. I’m coming from Ferrara. I live at my granny’s. Luisa is in her room. You have to walk on the pavement. the bridge over the Arno Are you leaving for Dublin? Novara is between Turin and Milan. We are among friends. Vado  a  Pisa. Abito  a  Londra. Passo le vacanze  a  Cogne. Andiamo  a  nord. Cogne è  a  sud di Aosta. I’m going to Pisa. I live in London. I spend my holidays in Cogne. We are going north. Cogne is south of Aosta. Vado  in  Toscana. Abito  in  Inghilterra. Passo le vacanze  in  montagna.* Compro il pane  in  panetteria. I’m going to Tuscany. I live in England. I spend my holidays in the mountains. I buy bread at the bakery/the baker’s. place time tra  Milano e Torino fra  compagni di classe fra  due ore between Milan and Turin among classmates in two hours/two hours’ time Prepositions of place 11 Tra  and  fra  are typically used to express: 12 Here are some examples of the di ff erent prepositions used to denote place: Another preposition used to denote place is  lungo  (along):  lungo il  fi ume (along the river). 13 A  is normally used with names of town and villages and with cardinal points: 14 In  is normally used with names of regions and nations, with geographical areas, and with shops: * With  mare  (sea) the preposition  a  is used ( al mare , ‘at the seaside’). 62 Unit 8