Hebdomas XIV Wednesday April 2 Prepositions

April 2

Learn these prepositions and the case they require of the following noun:

ad, prep. + acc., to, toward, at, near

e/ex, prep. + abl., from, out of

in, prep. + abl., in, on

in prep. + acc., in (indicates motion)

per, prep. + acc., though, along

prope, prep. + acc , near

sub, prep. + abl., under, beneath

Prepositions are followed by nouns in the accusative or ablative case.  The noun can be modified by an adjective in the same case as the noun or by another noun in the genitive. We say that the noun or noun phrase following the preposition is the OBJECT  OF THE PREPOSITION.

Example: ad villam amicae - at the villa of (her) friend
Example: ad ianuam villam - at the door of the villa

Answers to Homework assigned April 1

Activity Book: Exercises on Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases (handout)

Quick quiz on prepositions from Pearson textbook site.