Prepositions taking Accusative case #1 

Another important use of the accusative case is with prepositions. Prepositions and the nouns or pronouns they go with show direction toward, time, the means by which something is done, where and when something is done, purpose, and various other kinds of directions.  
When you memorize a preposition, you need to know what case it takes. Below are the major prepositions that take the accusative case and what they mean. 

ad = to, toward ad Asiam = to Asia, toward Asia
adversus = against adversus reginam = against the queen
ante = before ante cenam = before dinner
apud = at the house of, with ad Paulina = at the house of Paulina, with Paulina
contra = against  contra Zenobiam = against Zenobia 
extra = outside of, beyond extra Romam = outside of Rome, beyond Rome.
in = into (implied motion) in villam = into the farmhouse
inter = between, among inter ancillas = between the maids, among the maids
per = through per vias= through the roads
post = after (space or time) post pugnam = after the battle
propter = on accountof, due to  proper gratiam = due to favor, on account of favor
sub = beneath, under sub terram = under the earth, beneath the earth
supra = above, over supra silvam = above the forest, over the forest
trans = across trans silvam = across the forest
ultra = beyond ultra provinciam = beyond the province.
 
When I learn a preposition, do I have to learn what case it takes in addition to its definition? Write YES or NO in upper case. 


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