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In Latin a prepositional phrase
tells us more about the sentence, including space, time and direction.
Some examples would be: in the Forum
after dinner, and out of the tree.
Now a prepositional phrase will include the following
It will begin with the preposition, it will then be followed
by the noun, and some prepositional phrases will include a modifier
such as an adjective or an adverb
There are two different sets of prepositional phrases
in Latin. There are those that take the ABLATIVE case after them
and those that take the ACCUSATIVE case after them
First let’s take a look at the ABLATIVE case prepositions.
The following prepositions will be followed by a word
in the ABLATIVE CASE: so a/ab, in
e/ex, sine, ***
de, su. A little word
about the a/ab and e/ex. We have two different
forms for the same word based upon whether or not the word following it
begins with a consonant or a vowel.
This is the same concept in English as a/an.
Now let’s take a look at the ACCUSATIVE case words.
The following prepositions are followed by a word in the ACCUSATIVE case.
ad, contra, ante
post, circum, in
inter, prope, per, propter
apud, trans
Now there are more prepositions than those that we have mentioned here
however, we will learn them as we go throughout the year.