Form II Latin: Beginning Latin Grammar, Lesson 14: Prepositions
"I would make them all learn English;and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour, and Greek as a treat." --Sir Winston Churchill
In Latin, a proposition is also used before a noun to show its relation to another word in the sentence. Usually the relation shown is position, direction or time. The Latin preposition in, followed by a noun in the Ablative Case, expresses place where or location. The Ablative case endings for a noun in the First Declension are:
Singular: a and Plural: is.
Example: Nauta in insula est...The sailor is on the island.
Exercises:
Express in Latin:
- in Greece
- in the provinces
- in the water
- on the land
If your students need to review English grammar before introducing Latin Grammar, go to Simple Grammar.
Previous Lessons in the series:
Lesson 1: Latin Nouns
Lesson 2: The First Declension
Lesson 5: Present Tense
Lesson 6: The Infinitive
Lesson 7: Review
Lesson 8 Direct Object
Lesson 9: Predicate NounsLesson 10: Review and Vocabulary
Lesson 11: Possessives
Lesson 12: Appositives
Lesson 13: Review
