Ablative Case
Latin uses the ablative in many situations to show adverbial relationships--usually *not*
using a preposition, although there are a couple obvious situations. English, on the
other hand, almost always uses prepositional phrases or adverbs to show the same
things.
The ablative case uses these endings in the first three declensions:
V
singular
plural
1st
2nd
3rd
Prepositions that take the ablative case show separation or location. Some examples:
*The ablative of means or instrument (tool) shows ____________________________.
An example:
English shows this idea by using these prepositions:
*The ablative of manner shows ________________________________________.
An example:
Ablative of manner can also be shown using the preposition ________.
*Ablative can show time. Some examples: