LE PREPOSIZIONI ITALIANE TRA E FRA E LE LORO CORRISPONDENTI ROMENE

This article presents a schematic overview of the Romanian equivalents of the Italian prepositions tra and fra. The examples show that these prepositions can be translated into Romanian by means of the prepositions între, dintre, printre, în, întru, prin, peste, or by the adverb ca. Theoretical explanations are supported by examples excerpted from the Italian ovels I promessi sposi by Alessandro Manzoni (Roma, Grandi Tascabili Economici Newton, 1989), Il deserto dei Tartari by Dino Buzzati (Milano, Oscar Mondadori, 2004) and Il visconte dimezzato by Italo Calvino (Milano, Oscar Mondadori, 1993) and their Romanian versions, i.e. Logodnicii (Bucharest, Editura Univers, 1985, translated by Alexandru Balaci), Deșertul tătarilor (Bucharest, Editura Univers, 1996, translated by Alexandru Niculina Benguș-Tudoriu) and Vicontele tăiat în două (Bucharest, Editura Univers, 1999, translated by Alexandru Despina Mladoveanu).