Re: Cases, again

Quoting Joe <joe@...>:

> In German, prepositions go with either the Dative or the Accusative.
> They go with the accusative if there is movement
> onvolved(oversimplification alert!) and dative if it stays stationary.
> Some prepositions can go with either - 'in' can mean 'in' or 'into',
> depending on the case it's given.
Actually, there's also a whole bunch of prepositions which go with the
genitive too; eg _während des Krieges_, lit "during the war's". Most aren't
terribly common, however.

> But that's German.  I can't see a reason adpositions shouldn't be put by
> any of those four cases.  You could use all of them, you could only use
> one, or you could have a Positional case, if you want to.
There's apparently a universal against prepositions governing the nominative.
Unaware of this, I made all prepositions in the Klaishic languages govern it.

                                                             Andreas

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