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=== Prepositions === | === Prepositions === | ||
Mergian prepositions are typical to European languages. A preposition will have govern a certain case. Most prepositions, which are inherited from Gothic, govern the accusative or dative. Innovated prepositions govern the genitive. | |||
Below is a non-exhaustive list of prepositions. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | |||
|+ Prepositions governed by the dative | |||
|- | |||
! English | |||
! Mergian | |||
! Example | |||
|- | |||
| at, in | |||
| að | |||
| að resna <br/> "at home" | |||
|- | |||
| at, on | |||
| an | |||
| an gadau <br/> "on the street" | |||
|- | |||
| after, in front | |||
| afar | |||
| afar ing <br/> "after you" | |||
|- | |||
| out of, from | |||
| o | |||
| o Rume <br/> "from Rome" | |||
|- | |||
| with [comitative] | |||
| miþ | |||
| miþ vledza <br/> "with a police officer" | |||
|- | |||
| before, behind, following | |||
| for | |||
| for valdem <br/> "as per the rules" | |||
|- | |||
| about, around | |||
| bi | |||
| bi egra <br/> "around the field" | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
=== Discourse particles === | === Discourse particles === | ||