a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
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preposition::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | closed-class word, function word |
Examples of preposition
preposition
The preposition was later changed to zu, which still means of for the most part.
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Pronouns are not used after a preposition when referring to inanimate objects.
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Prepositional phrases have a preposition as the central element of the phrase.
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All other nouns use the ablative with a preposition to serve the same purpose.
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The one that raises a usage issue is its sense as a preposition meaning similar to.
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Prepositions take the accusative, dative, or genitive depending on the preposition.
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The indirect relative is used to signify a genitive or the object of a preposition.
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A genitive or possessive case is available as an alternative to the preposition de.
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Don't assume that a relative pronoun after a preposition must be the objective form.
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- A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
- (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
- (prepositional) of or relating to or formed with a preposition; "prepositional phrase"
- : A closed class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; A proposition; an ...
- (20 Prepositions) I'm very disappointed a on 2 Who else was . a at 3 He had difficulty a with a a a a to of of among b in him. c
- (Prepositions) Discover the essential building blocks of language
- (Prepositions) are words which tell about time and place, they are placed in front of nouns and pronouns.
- (Prepositions) basically- make nominal expressions into adverbial expressions; pretty much categories as adverbs; except the ?all purpose preposition? of
- A word like at, to, in, over etc. Prepositions usually come before a noun and give information about things like time, place and direction.
