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Preposition

Well, we learned about the pronouns which are very troublesome.
This time, I'll teach you the prepositions (casers) of Arka.



Miss Yutia, what is a caser?



It's a technical term of Arka, which means a preposition as in English.
For exapmle, "to" is "a," whereas "from" is "i."



We've already learnt the preposition, "a."
"Lein gives an apple to Shion" is "lein fit miik a xion."
"a" indicates a destination, a recipient and so on.



Yeah. The number of the prepositions of English is small, whereas that of Arka is huge.



Like twenty?



No, more than a hundred...



Give me a break.



The most frequent prepositions are like ten in number.
Besides, most of the prepositions are used as a noun, too.
"hal" means "on" or "above," but it can be used as a noun.



OK, now I see.
"Front" is a noun while "in front of" is a preposition phrase. But in Arka, both of them are in the same form, "sa." You don't have to remember each individually.



What is the benefit of having a lot of prepositions, by the way?



Huh?
Let me see... Um... I don't know.



Think upside down.
What happens in English, which doesn't have a lot of prepositions.



If you don't have a lot of prepositions, you have to give many meanings to each preposition. In fact, "on" or "in" have a lot of meanings.
Learners of English often get confused as to which preposition they should use in which circumstances.



On the contrary, learners of Arka know which preposition they should use, thanks to the affluent prepositions.
It's true that you have to memorize a lot of prepositions like "frem" (near) or "fol" (during), but they all are mere adjectives or nouns which you'll have to remember anyway.
Well, I'll make a chart of the frequent prepositions.

"man" (because) and "ol" (if) are not a conjunction but a preposition in Arka, right?
"Shion writes Arka with Lein" is "xion axt arka ok lein"?



Right on!
Don't say "kon" instead of "ok" 'cos I'm not like a pen, OK?