Re: Cases, again

This is the case in German for ex. In such cases,
German uses prepositions, and each preposition
"commands", either one, either several possible cases.
Ex: bei + Dative (bei dem Fluss) (if I remember right)
Ex: nach + Dative (nach dem Fluss) (")
Ex: in + (Accusative or Dative, depending if there is
movement or not): Ich fahre in die Stadt (Acc), ich
wohne in der Stadt (Dat)
Etc.

It's the same (although the cases used might change)
in every language using prepositions and cases (Latin,
Greek, Russian)...

--- Michael Martin <mdmartin@...> wrote:
> I've got another question regarding noun cases. In a
> situation where a
> language has Nominative, Accusative, Dative and
> Genitive, but no other
> cases, what case is used for nouns being used in
> ways that this
> language doesn't have a case for? In other words, in
> the sentence "the
> man stands beside the river" if there is no case for
> "beside"
> (Adessive?) but we do have the four cases mentioned
> above, which of
> those cases should be used for the noun "river"? Or
> should there be a
> separate fifth case that is used in these
> situations, a sort of
> catch-all, miscellaneous case?
>
> Thanks for taking time to answer my questions. I
> know it's probably
> basic stuff to all of you.

=====
Philippe Caquant

"He thought he saw a Rattlesnake / That questioned him in Greek: / He looked
again, and found it was / The Middle of Next Week. / "The one thing I regret',
he said, / "Is that it cannot speak !' " (Lewis Carroll)

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