Domani porto il quaderno alla Prof. prima della lezione.

Italian often uses the present tense to talk about the near future, especially when a time expression like domani already makes the future meaning clear.

So:

• Domani porto il quaderno... = Tomorrow I’m bringing / I’ll bring the notebook...

This is very natural in Italian. You could also use a future form in some cases, but here the present sounds perfectly normal.

Italian word order is more flexible than English word order. Putting Domani first is very natural because it sets the time right away.

So the sentence structure is basically:

• Domani = time
• porto = verb
• il quaderno = direct object
• alla Prof. = indirect object / destination
• prima della lezione = time phrase

You could also say:

• Porto il quaderno alla Prof. domani, prima della lezione.

But starting with Domani is often the most natural choice.

Porto comes from portare, which usually means to bring, to take, or to carry, depending on context.

In this sentence, porto il quaderno alla Prof. means:

• I’m bringing the notebook to the teacher or
• I’ll take the notebook to the teacher

English often distinguishes bring and take based on point of view, but Italian portare can cover both ideas.

Italian uses articles much more often than English does. So where English might say:

• I’m bringing a notebook
• I’m bringing the notebook

Italian usually wants an article:

• porto il quaderno = I’m bringing the notebook
• porto un quaderno = I’m bringing a notebook

Without an article, quaderno would sound incomplete or unnatural in a normal sentence like this.

Alla is a contraction of:

• a = to
• la = the

So:

• a + la = alla

That means:

• alla Prof. = to the teacher / professor

Italian regularly combines many prepositions with definite articles:

• di + la = della
• a + la = alla
• in + il = nel
• etc.

Prof. is an abbreviation of professoressa here, because the sentence has alla, which shows the teacher is feminine:

• alla Prof. = to the female teacher / professor

In school contexts, especially in Italy, students often use prof informally to mean teacher, especially for middle school and high school teachers.

In full, you could say:

• alla professoressa

That is a bit fuller and sometimes more formal-looking in writing.

It is often capitalized when used almost like a title, similar to writing Professor in English.

So:

• alla Prof. feels like
• to the Professor / to the teacher

In less formal writing, you may also see prof in lowercase, especially in messages or casual notes. Both exist, but capitalization is common when it is being used as a title-like form.

Because prima is followed here by di + noun:

• prima di = before
• la lezione = the lesson / class

When di combines with la, it becomes:

• di + la = della

So:

• prima della lezione = before the lesson / before class

This is a very common pattern in Italian.

Italian usually keeps the definite article where English often drops it.

So English says:

• before class

But Italian often says:

• prima della lezione literally, before the lesson

This is normal Italian usage. Even if English sounds more general, Italian often chooses the article with nouns like this.

Yes. Lezione can mean both lesson and class, depending on context.

So:

• prima della lezione

could be understood as:

• before the lesson
• before class

If this is a school situation, before class is often the most natural English meaning.

Normally, in a sentence like this, prima della lezione is the standard and most natural choice.

Prima di lezione is generally not the usual form here. Italian prefers the article with lezione in this context.

So for a learner, the safe version is:

• prima della lezione

Because Italian can express the recipient with a full phrase instead:

• porto il quaderno alla Prof. = I bring the notebook to the teacher

You could also say:

• Le porto il quaderno.

Here Le means to her (formal/polite), and it replaces alla Prof.

You can even combine them for emphasis or clarity:

• Le porto il quaderno alla Prof.

But in many situations, just alla Prof. is enough.

It is fairly neutral, but Prof. gives it a slightly school-based, everyday feel rather than a very formal one.

Compare:

• Domani porto il quaderno alla Prof. prima della lezione.
  natural, everyday, school context

• Domani porto il quaderno alla professoressa prima della lezione.
  a bit fuller and slightly more formal

Both are correct. The version with Prof. sounds like something a student might naturally say or write.