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Italian verbs that take a preposition: di, a or nothing
Common Italian verbs that require a specific preposition (di, a, in).
In Italian: Verbi con preposizione
Before another infinitive, some Italian verbs take nothing, some demand di and some a, and no rule predicts which: voglio partire, cerco di capire, comincio a lavorare.
The preposition belongs to the verb and has to be learned with it, exactly as English learners must learn to depend on rather than to depend from.
Sometimes the preposition changes the meaning outright: pensare a qualcuno is to think about someone, pensare di fare is to intend to do.
Devo ___ questo problema urgentemente.
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