Prepositions

Each preposition is associated with one or more grammatical cases. The noun governed by a preposition must agree with the preposition in the given context. The preposition ôd always calls for the genitive case, but some prepositions such as pô can call for different cases depending on the intended sense of the preposition.

Genitive prepositions: bez, dô, ôd, u, z, zo, jzpod, jzpônád, pôśried, mięďi…

Accusative prepositions: pržez, pro/do, ná, nád…

Dative prepositions: k, kò, próti, náproti, vôči, gvôli…

Locative prepositions: pržy, vzdĺž, ô, v, ná, pô…

Instrumental prepositions: s, so, zá, vśried, pôd, pržed, nád, mięďi…

from friends = ôd priateliův (genitive case of priatelia)

around the bone = pô kôstí (locative case of kôsť)

up to the bone = pô kôstie (accusative case of