Listen to these phrases, notice the ending used with the word after each preposition. Repeat each phrase after the tape, then translate each phrase:
Cum agno.
Ad urbem.
Ad scholam.
Ad Marcum.
Ad scholas.
Ad porcos.
Ante Marcum.
Ante agnos.
Now listen to these samples with the preposition in. Notice the ending used in each example, which depends on whether or not the in means staying in a place or moving into a place. Repeat each sentence after the tape, then translate each example:
Románi habuérunt reges in primis annis.
Porci venérunt in forum.
Porci fuérunt in foro.
Tarquinius remansit in urbe.
Etrusci fuérunt in throno Románo.
Regnavérunt in terra Romána.
The Romans1 of 13 draggables.
Pigs were2 of 13 draggables.
They reigned3 of 13 draggables.
had kings4 of 13 draggables.
were on the Roman throne5 of 13 draggables.
into the market6 of 13 draggables.
Tarquin stayed7 of 13 draggables.
in the city8 of 13 draggables.
in the market9 of 13 draggables.
in the early years10 of 13 draggables.
Pigs came11 of 13 draggables.
The Etruscans12 of 13 draggables.
in the Roman land13 of 13 draggables.
Listen to these phrases, notice the ending used with the word after each preposition. Repeat each phrase after the tape, then translate each phrase: