Italian Verbs and Expressions Followed by Prepositions

Italian Verbs and Expressions Followed by Prepositions If youve learned how to conjugate Italian verbs, youll soon discover that theres another important part of the grammatical puzzle to master: what simple prepositions (preposizioni semplici) follow certain Italian verbs and expressions. In Italian, for example, there are certain verbs and expressions followed by a preposition such as a,  di, per, and su. Below are several tables that include Italian verbs and expressions followed by specific prepositions, as well as verbs followed directly by the infinitive. Italian Verbs and Expressions Followed by the Preposition A A. Before a Noun or Pronounassistere a- to attend​assomigliare a- to resemblecredere a- to believe indare noia a- to botherdar da mangiare a- to feeddare fastidio a- to botherdare retta a - to listen todare torto a - to blamedare la caccia a- to chasedare un calcio a- to kickdare un pugno a- to punchfare attenzione a- to pay attentionfare bene (male) a- to be good (bad)fare piacere a - to pleasefare vedere a- to showfare visita a- to visitfare un regalo a- to give a present togiocare a- to play a gameinteressarsi a- to be interested inpartecipare a- to participate inpensare a- to think aboutraccomandarsi a- to ask favors ofricordare a- to remindrinunciare a- to give upservire a- to be good forstringere la mano a- to shake hands with​tenere a- to care about B. Before an Infinitiveabituarsi a- to get used toaffrettarsi a- to hurryaiutare a- to helpcominciare a- to begincontinuare a- to continueconvincere a- to convincecostringere a- to compeldecidersi a- to make updivertirsi a- to have a good timefare meglio a- to be better offfare presto a- to do fastimparare a- to learnincoraggiare a- to encourageinsegnare a- to teachinvitare a- to invite tomandare a- to sendobbligare a- to obligepensare a- to think aboutpersuadere a- to convincepreparare a- to prepareprovare a- to try ones mindrinunciare a- to give upriprendere a- to resumerisucire a- to succeedsbrigarsi a- to hurryservire a- to be good for Verbs of Movement Aandare a- to gocorrere a- to runfermarsi a- to stoppassare a- to stop bystare a- to staytornare a- to returnvenire a- to come Italian Verbs and Expressions Followed by the Preposition Di A. Before a Noun or Pronounaccorgersi di- to notice, realizeavere bisgono di- to needavere paura di- to be afraiddimenticarsi di- to forgetfidarsi di- to trustinnamorarsi di- to fall in loveinteressarsi di- to be interested inlamentarsi di- to complainmeravigliarsi di- to be surprisednutrirsi di- to feed onoccuparsi di- to planpensare di- to have an opinion aboutpreoccuparsi di- to worry aboutricordarsi di- to rememberridere di- to laugh atsoffrire di- to suffer fromtrattare di- to deal withvivere di- to live on B. Before an Infinitiveaccettare di- to acceptammettere di- to admitaspettare di- to wait foraugurare di- to withavere bisogno di- to needcercare di- to trychiedere di- to askconfessare di- to confessconsigliare di- to advisecontare di- to plancredere di- to believedecidere di- to decidedimenticare di- to forgetdubitare di- to doubtfingere di- to pretendfinire di- to finishordinare di- to orderpensare di- to planpermettere di- to permitpregare di- to begproibire di- to prohibitpromettere di- to promiseproporre di- to proposeringraziare di- to thanksapere di- to knowsmettere di- to stopsperare di- to hopesuggerire di- to suggesttentare di- to attemptvietare di- to avoid Verbs Followed by the Preposition Su contare su- to count ongiurare su- to swear onreflettere su- to ponder onscommettere su- to bet on Verbs Followed Directly by the Infinitive amare- to lovedesiderare- to withdovere- to have to, mustfare- to makegradire- to appreciatelasciare- to let, allowpiacere- to likepotere- to be ablepreferire- to prefersapere- to know howvolere- to want Impersonal Verbs basta- it is enoughbisogna- it is necessarypare- it seems Note: These verbs may be followed directly by an infinitive.