How are the following prepositions different? • Ad • Prope • Per • Circum • Trans • Ab (or a) • De • Ex (or e) • Sine
Sid Space • Sid Space was an astronaut. Every day he sat inside his special space ship. • He enjoyed exploring space with his best friend, Harvey the Elephant.
• One exciting day, Sid was running away from the spaghetti aliens. • So Sid decided to run out of his spaceship.
• Sid had to jump down from his spaceship onto the Candy Cane planet. • He suddenly realized that he was without his helmet!
• Sid wisely hid under a tree, because everyone knows that Candy Cane trees only give oxygen from their roots. • Sid thought to himself “No one will take me for a fool!” And he lived on the Candy Cane planet for 12 years amongst the Plucky Pigeon People.
These prepositions have an object in the Ablative Case • • Sub In De Sine Pro Ab Cum Ex • Ab Cum De • Ex In Pro • Sine Sub • ALL other prepositions take an object in the Accusative Case • “in” changes meanings depending on what case comes after it
Copy these notes down Prepositions that take an Ablative Object Ablative Endings • Puellā • Puellīs servō servīs arbore arboribus • Ab Cum De • Ex In Pro • Sine Sub