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This page gives 100 Italian words on “Connectors and prepositions”. The full topic holds 143 in the KoKo app: 57 at the easy level, 50 at the medium level and 36 at the hard level.

Which words should I start with?

With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.

How can I remember this Italian vocabulary?

By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.

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Italian vocabulary: linking words and prepositions

But, so, because, with, without, in front of: the Italian linking words and prepositions that connect your ideas and place things.

Here are 100 Italian words on “Connectors and prepositions”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 40 words

Italian	English
sul punto di	about to
secondo	according to
in realtà	actually
dopo che	afterConjunction, followed by a clause
contro	against
comunque	all the same
benché	although
e	and
perciò	as a result
come se	as if
nonché	as well as
presso	at home ofPreposition, at the dwelling or premises of a person
in occasione di	at the time of
poiché	becauseConjunction, formal register
perché	becauseEveryday use
prima di	beforePreposition, followed by a noun
prima che	beforeConjunction, followed by the subjunctive
ma anche	but also
da	byAgent, the one by whom the action is done
anche se	even if
per	forPreposition, purpose or recipient
di	fromProvenance, origin
inoltre	furthermore
se	if
nel caso in cui	in case
invece di	instead of
in più	moreover
su	on
da una parte	on one hand
invece	on the other handContrast, informal register
visto che	seeing that
da	sinceStarting point in time
ecco perché	that is why
pertanto	therefore
così	thus
a	toPreposition, movement in the direction of a place
quando	whenEveryday use
laddove	whereasContrast between two facts, with no idea of time
mentre	whileConjunction, followed by a clause
senza che	withoutConjunction, followed by the subjunctive

Level 2: medium 35 words

Italian	English
al di sopra di	above
tanto più che	all the more so since
lungo	along
tra	amongWithin a larger group
intorno	around
a seguito di	as a result of
fin da	as early asFrom the moment of, without waiting
a partire da	as from
non appena	as soon as
a causa di	because of
peraltro	besides
nonostante	despite
malgrado tutto	despite everything
in ragione di	due to
lontano da	far from
in seguito a	following
per esempio	for example
per timore che	for fear that
davanti a	in front ofPosition in space, ahead of
al fine di	in order to
in mezzo a	in the middle of
in fase di	in the process of
del resto	incidentally
infatti	indeed
nella misura in cui	insofar as
vicino a	near
accanto a	next to
né	nor
altrimenti	otherwise
piuttosto che	rather than
in modo da	so as to
grazie a	thanks to
fino a	untilPreposition, followed by a noun
per mezzo di	using
in vista di	with a view to

Level 3: hard 25 words

Italian	English
per quanto riguarda	as regards
sul bordo di	at the edge of
oltre	beyond
in breve	briefly
concernente	concerning
di conseguenza	consequently
contrariamente a	contrary to
alla fine	eventually
salvo	except
eccetto	except for
in primo luogo	firstly
in altre parole	in other words
in sintesi	in short
nondimeno	nevertheless
però	nonetheless
al contrario	on the contrary
per contro	on the other handContrast, formal register
col pretesto che	on the pretext that
all’esterno di	outside
a condizione che	provided that
pronto a	ready to
in secondo luogo	secondly
giacché	sinceA reason the listener already knows
attraverso	through
durante	throughoutFormal register, for the whole duration

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How many words are in this list?: This page gives 100 Italian words on “Connectors and prepositions”. The full topic holds 143 in the KoKo app: 57 at the easy level, 50 at the medium level and 36 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?: With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Italian vocabulary?: By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.