Neapolitan uses the following prepositions: Unlike Italian, Neapolitan typically does not articulate prepositions in their sentences. For example in Italian, "Va allo zoo" or "He went to the zoo" with a + lo. There are several exceptions (noted below) where prepositions are articulated. Typicall

Before the 17th century, Neapolitan allowed for the free variations of pre and postnominal positioning of possessives. Overtime the form was grammaticalized until postnominal was the only position available for possessives. (Ledgeway, 2009) In the following examples "vuoste," "soia," and "noste

Unlike Italian, but similar to other Romance languages such as Spanish, Neapolitan marks definite, animate complements with the preposition "a" The following examples are potentially confusing - in (c.) "tengo a muglierema" the literal translation is "I have to a wife." Tengo functions similarly

Volitives or constructions that express some sort of desire, wish, or fear, take the subjunctive. For example, in "È strano che non possa venire" ("it is strange that she could not come") "possa" is subjunctive. However, in Neapolitan, volitives only are in the subjunctive mood when the statement is

In Southern Italy the Passato Remoto tends to be used more frequently than in Northern parts, likely due to a different conceptualization of the timelines these tense represent. Prossimo refers to an event closer to the present, while remoto is a finished event in the past. While in the North, remot

Neapolitan has four moods: indicative, subjunctive, imperative, and conditional. Each has an active and passive form. There are three modes: infinitive, gerund, and participle. Unlike Italian, Neapolitan only has one auxiliary verb (avere) whereas Italian uses essere for intransitive and reflexive v

Neapolitan uses "tenere" (to have) to form constructions that would have typically used "avere" (to have) in Italian are somewhat common. For example in Italian, in order to say "I am hungry" you would say "Ho fame." In Neapolitan, one would say "tengo fame," this is quite close to the Spanish con