Prepositions of time 17 A  is used with names of festivities, months and hours of the day: 18 In  is used with years, centuries and seasons: 15 Some examples of the di ff erent prepositions used to denote time: 16 Di  is used with the days of the week and parts of the day: Unit 8 63 Di  domenica non lavoro. Di  sera guardo la tv. Donatella arriva  alle  7. A  Natale rimaniamo a casa. La scuola  fi nisce  a  giugno. nel  2000 nel  diciottesimo secolo In  autunno piove molto. I don’t work on Sundays. In the evenings I watch TV. Donatella will arrive at seven. At Christmas we stay at home. School ends in June. in 2000 in the eighteenth century In autumn it rains a lot. Di  lunedì andiamo in piscina. Di  mattina vado a scuola. On Mondays we go to the swimming pool. In the morning I go to school. A  Pasqua Piera va in Italia. Il museo riapre  a  marzo. Il treno parte  alle  12. Di solito mangiano  a mezzogiorno. At Easter Piera is going to Italy. The museum reopens/will reopen in March. The train is leaving at 12. They normally eat at midday. Sono nato  nel  1990. Studio il turismo  nel  XIX secolo. Gli esami sono  in  primavera. I was born in 1990. I’m studying tourism in the nineteenth century. The exams are/will be in the spring. In these cases,  di  is always used without the de fi nite article.