ABSTRACT
A preposition is a word like ‘on’, ‘onto’, ‘for’, ‘across’, which links up with nouns to define place, time, purpose etc. Czech prepositions are always followed by nouns in particular cases. This chapter focuses on the use of cases themselves, without prepositions. The basic form of a Czech noun is the subject form, habitually called the nominative case. Many prepositions are followed by one case only, but some are followed by more than one case. Many prepositions have a fundamentally spatial meaning, but are used also for other purposes, such as designating time. A noun directly affected by the action or other meaning of a verb is called its object.
