Adverb and prepositions

Adverb

Adverbs are formed from adjectives by means of -o: Lepo govori! He speaks beautifully! Formation with po is also quite common: Po slovensko (domače) govori, ( he speaks Slovene).
Of great importance are the adverbs from the pronouns: kdaj- "when"; sedaj- "now", tedaj - "then", kam - "where", sém - "here", tja' - "there", etc.

Prepositions

In Slovene the prepositions are important because they govern the form of the nouns, pronouns and adjectives following them.

Let us see which cases they govern:

Genitive:      
brez  
without
izmed
from between, from among
dol
up to, until
iznad
from the top of
iz
out of, from
izpod
from under
od
from
izpred
from in front of
z/s
off, of
izza
from behind
za
in the time of
       
Dative      
k/h
to, toward
proti
against, toward
kljub
in spite of


Locative 		     

o

about, around
pri
at, near, by
na
on
ob/o
along (side), at
po
along, all over, after
v
in, on
       
Instrumental      
z/s 
with/by means of
med
between, during
nad
over
pod
under
pred
before
za
behind
       
Accusative      
čez
over, across, past, in
na
onto
med
between, among
raz
from
ob
near, along
nad
over, above
skoz(i)
through
v
into
pod
under, below
zoper
against
pred
before, in front of
po
for
za
behind, for
(whenever they express direction or goal)
 


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