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prepositional

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1. prepositional - Noun

2. prepositional - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.

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prepositional phrase Source: Internet

Adverbs, with or without the case suffix, are frequently used in place of prepositional phrases: :li iris al sia hejmo (he went to his home) :li iris hejmen (he went home) Both por and pro often translate English 'for'. Source: Internet

Attributive prepositional phrases, which are dependent on nouns, include genitives (la libro de Johano 'John's book') as well as la kato en la ĝardeno 'the cat in the garden' in the example above. Source: Internet

Degree words almost always follow adjectives, and except in verb-final languages adpositions are prepositional. Source: Internet

Ditransitive verbs Ditransitive verbs (sometimes called Vg verbs after the verb give) precede either two noun phrases or a noun phrase and then a prepositional phrase often led by to or for. Source: Internet

For example, states and activities, but not usually achievements, can be used in English with a prepositional for-phrase describing a time duration: "I had a car for five hours", "I shopped for five hours", but not "*I bought a car for five hours". Source: Internet

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