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Originally Posted by Rizla
I didn't know that. I did wonder at the use of inflections in Latin as opposed to prepositions in the Latin-derived languages I am familiar with. So so-called Latin-European languages are not purely derived from Latin but also from Romanesco (and other local languages) which used prepositions, if I understand correctly.
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Latin also uses prepositions as well as inflections, of course. Only a small number of prepositions are "replaced" by cases.