Italian All-in-One For Dummies (60 page)

dietro a
(
dyeh
-troh ah) (
behind
)

vicino a
(vee-
chee
-noh ah) (
beside; next to
)

di fronte a
(dee-
frohn
-teh ah) (
opposite
)

dentro
(
dehn
-troh) (
inside
)

fuori
(
fwoh
-ree) (
outside
)

sotto
(
soht
-toh) (
under; below
)

sopra
(
soh
-prah) (
above
)

You also need to know relationships between distance and
la direzione
(lah dee-reh-
tsyoh
-neh) (
the direction
):

dritto
(
dreet
-toh) (
straight
)

sempre dritto
(
sehm
-preh
dreet
-toh) (
straight ahead
)

fino
a
(
fee
-noh ah) (
to; up to
)

prima
(
pree
-mah) (
before
)

dopo
(
doh
-poh) (
after
)

a destra
(ah
dehs
-trah) (
on the right
)