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The Ablative Case and prepositional phrases

Latin I, Stage 14, part 2. The Ablative Case and prepositional phrases. Let’s start with the basics…. A preposition is a part of speech that describes one noun’s relationship with another. In short, they are “anywhere a cat can go:”. In On Over Under Near Around Into Onto In front of

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The Ablative Case and prepositional phrases

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  1. Latin I, Stage 14, part 2 The Ablative Case and prepositional phrases

  2. Let’s start with the basics… • A preposition is a part of speech that describes one noun’s relationship with another. • In short, they are “anywhere a cat can go:” • In • On • Over • Under • Near • Around • Into • Onto • In front of • Behind • Towards • Away from • Down from • About

  3. Latin uses these, just like English • in- in/on; into/onto • sub-under • de -down from, about • sine -without • cum -with • prope -near • post -after, behind • pro -in front of • a/ab -away from, by • e/ex -out of There are more, but here are the ones we will see in our stories the most.

  4. But what about CASE? • We all know that in Latin, a noun will be in different cases depending on how it is used in a sentence. • Prepositions work the same way. • In a sentence like: • Metella cum Melissāambulat • How do we know that it is “with Melissa” and not “with Metella”? • Because Metella and Melissā are in different cases!

  5. CASE, cont. • Notice that long line over the –a in Melissā. • Many prepositions take the accusative case, but there is a subset, like cum, that use a new case… • The ABLATIVE! • This is an extremely common case.

  6. These particular prepositions require nouns in the ABLATIVE: • Sub • In • De • Sine • Pro • a/ab • Cum • e/ex Latin uses a silly mnemonic device to help you remember these.

  7. SID SPACE, the ablative astronaut • Sub • In • De • Sine • Pro • A/ab • Cum • E/ex

  8. What this means… • Anything you are • With • In/on • Under • Down from/concerning • Without • In front of • Away from • Out of • Will be in the ABLATIVE case.

  9. The endings

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