PREPOSITIONS
Prepositions are words that denote position or movement. In Latin they take, as a rule, either the accusative case or the ablative case. A few can take either case, with different shades of meaning.
Here are six of each to get you started.
ad + accusative - to, towards
circum + accusative - around
ante + accusative - before
post + accusative - after
trans + accusative - across
in + accusative - into
a/ab + ablative - from
cum + ablative - with
e/ex + ablative - out of
de + ablative - about, concerning
sine + ablative - without
in + ablative - in on
Prepositions are words that denote position or movement. In Latin they take, as a rule, either the accusative case or the ablative case. A few can take either case, with different shades of meaning.
Here are six of each to get you started.
ad + accusative - to, towards
circum + accusative - around
ante + accusative - before
post + accusative - after
trans + accusative - across
in + accusative - into
a/ab + ablative - from
cum + ablative - with
e/ex + ablative - out of
de + ablative - about, concerning
sine + ablative - without
in + ablative - in on