Posts Tagged ‘prepositions’
Mar
Mar
Prepositions, prefixes and suffixes – the power of Esperanto!
Saluton esperantistoj! Today I will outline the concepts of prepositions, prefixes, and suffixes — essential concepts in the language of Esperanto.
May
May
Differentiating the Russian prepositions в and на
One of the many (seemingly neverending) details about Russian that can be confusing to a native English speaker is understanding the choice of prepositions in Russian. But once again, you’ll find that the concept is actually quite easy once you learn to think like a Russian!
May
May
Parts of speech: Italian prepositions
Prepositions are those short words which express conditions, directions, specifications, places and times, such as of, over, to, from, etc. They are parts of which native speakers seem to instinctively understerstand, but for which rules are hard to find.
Jun
Jun
Preposizioni improprie
In addition to the simple prepositions we’ve already covered, there are also “improper” prepositions, called preposizioni improprie in Italian, which are actually adverbs, adjectives, participles, and phrases, which often function as prepositions in general use.
If this is unclear, think of an English example. For instance, the word around… is an adverb, because it describes