PREPOSITIONS.
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(6.) Negative Adverbs.
| nu, no. | nicĭ eum, not at all. | ||
| nu aṣa, not so. | ba |  |
no. |
| nimic, nothing. | ba nu, | 
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(7) Adverbs expressing a doubt.
| dór, |  |
perhaps. | cam (à peu près), namely, |
| póte, |  |
about. | |
| óre, | 
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Prepositions.
These are particles the origin of which is very difficult to find out, and it will be sufficient to give a list of them:
| a, at, (à). | fără, without. | ||
| de a, | |
from. | în, in. |
| de la, | |
pentru, for. | |
| la, at. | spre, towards. | ||
| pe, upon. | pănă, till. | ||
| de, by. | după, after, according to. | ||
| din, from. | contra, against. | ||
These are independent particles, but there are some which are prefixed to words, modifying their meaning, or giving them more force:
des,es,e,con,pre,strĕ.
Examples:—taină, ‘mystery;’ destăinuesc, ‘divulge;’ moṣ, ‘uncle;’ strămoṣ, ‘ancestor,’ etc.
