The Italian preposition da indicates "moving from a point" and assumes various special meanings, since this "movement" can be in both the figurative and literal sense and assume multiple perspectives.

An article in the New York Times, "In Italian Heartland, Indians Keep the Cheese Coming," makes the following observation (and introduces an interesting Italian term):

"For the past 20 years, Indian immigrants from Punjab have been settling in Italy's agricultural heartland to work primarily on farms, often as bergamini, as dairy workers are known in the native dialect."

The Italian preposition di expresses the meaning of "belonging to someone or something." This ownership can translate into a wide variety of specifications indicating origin or provenance, kinship, material, quality, and comparisons. The Italian preposition di can also connect the infinitive of certain verbs with subjective or objective phrases.

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