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 ﻿H. With the Dative, Accusative, and Locative.

po is used with the dative in modern Bohemian only with adverbs: po tesku mluviti, to speak Čech; or the u has become weakened into y, as po tesky, or the po is entirely omitted, as anglicky, English. (Cf. the rule in Bulgarian.)

po with the accusative, up to (with the idea of motion), as zapadl sem do sne'hu až po kolena, I fell into the snow up to my knees.

po with the locative, up and down, all over, as běhám po pokoji, I go about the chamber. (Cf. Russian nyremecrBOBaTi. no Pocciu.) Vdova po Václavu II, widow of Wenceslaus II. Also after, as po krátkém odporu, after a short resistance.

I. With the Genitive, Accusative, and Instrumental.

se with the genitive denotes motion from, as se všech stran, from all sides.

s(e) with the accusative means about the size of (cf. Russian), as dej mi s hrsf třesen, give me about a handful of cherries.

s(e) with the instrumental means with, as í jistotou, with cer- tainty ; í okolními národy, with the surrounding peoples.

sa with the genitive denotes the time during which a thing is done, as za mladí svžho, during the time of his youth.

za with the accusative signifies motion behind, as za vzta- hovaly ai za Dunaj, they stretched out beyond the Danube; also of a woman marrying a man, as provdání Gertrudy za Hermana, the marriage of Gertrude with Hermann.

za with the instrumental signifies rest behind, as za řekou, behind the river.