20.1.4 a and em
In French and Italian sometimes the same preposition is used to describe a fix position and a mouvement. In Italian, in, and in French, en the same preposition is used for a fix position and a mouvement. . In Italian we say "Vado in Francia", I go to France, and "Sono in Francia", I am in France. Similar in French: "Je vais en Angleterre", I go to England. <=> "Je suis en Angleterre", I am in England.
In Spanish and Portuguese in general different prepositions are used, although there are exceptions.
| a to describe a fix position |
Ao fundo do quarto, um quadro nos chama atenção. |
| At the background a painting draws our attention. |
However normally the preposition em is used in case of a fix position and the preposition a in case of a mouvement.
| a => to em => at |
| Vou à praia. |
| I go to the beach. |
| em => in / am feste Position |
| Estou na* praia. |
| I am at the beach. |
* na = em + a, see 6.1.3.
About the preposition em we will discuss later again, see 20.4.
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