Dalecarlian prepositions

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If we write í áni ('in the river'), then we have written a prepositional conjunction,

which is made of a preposition í and a controlee áni.

Prepositions are small words, which are set infront of or behind other words, most often nouns and pronouns.<p> The preposition controls the word, it is set with.
Sometimes it controls accusative:<p>

Sumer souðer gingu gínum býn, ('Some sheep went through the village')

Sometimes dative:

Hoñ byggir nest hánum, ('She lives with him')

And sometimes genitive:

Hvur langt ir heð et skúler?, ('How far is it to school?')

Note: This is a special prepositional genitive which is not in the ordinary tables, where only possessive genitive is represented. The reason is that the prepositional genitive is a frozen genitive which reflects the Old Dalecarlian use of genitive.<p>

Sometimes, the same preposition can control two cases, either accusative and dative or accusative, dative and genitive. No preposition controls nominative. Prepositions are not conjugated.<p>

Dalecarlian prepositions controlling accusative
Dalecarlian prepositions controlling dative
Dalecarlian prepositions controlling accusative and dative
Dalecarlian miscellaneous prepositions<p>






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