[4] prepositional phrases can act as adverbial phrases describing, for example, where or when something is done. It is, in fact, not necessary to identify them as adverbial but, in grammar terms, that’s where they fit in: provided you recognise the preposition, that is enough.
cēna:
dinner > post cēnam: after dinner
WHEN: Post
cēnam pater puerum ad sē vocat. │ After dinner the father
calls the boy to him.
ūna hōra:
one hour > post ūnam hōram: after an / one hour
WHEN: Post
ūnam hōram māter … it │ After an hour (an hour later) the mother
goes …
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schola:
school > in scholā: at school
labōrat │
He is working
WHEN: Mox
…. labōrat │Soon …. he is working.
HOW: Mox
… bene labōrat │Soon he … is working well.
WHERE: Mox
in scholā bene labōrat. │ He is soon working well at school.
WHO WITH: puer sōlus cum magistrā manet │ The boy remains alone with the teacher.
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Māter
maesta … it. │ The sorrowful mother … goes …
WHEN: Post ūnam hōram māter
maesta … it … │ After an hour (an hour later) the sorrowful mother …
goes …
FROM
WHERE: Post ūnam hōram māter maesta ē
tēctō … it │ An hour later the sorrowful mother goes out of the house
…
TO WHERE:
Post ūnam hōram māter maesta ē tēctō ad scholam it │An hour later
the sorrowful mother goes out of the house to(wards) the school.
[5] An
entire part of a sentence – known in grammar as a clause – can also act
as an adverb, because it’s giving further information about the main action:
WHEN: Ubi
bene labōrās ¦ tē laudō │ When you work well, I praise you.
WHY: Properant
¦ quod nox est │ They are hurrying ¦ because it’s night
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