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    Prepositional adverbs are words similar to prepositions that function as adverbs by modifying verbs rather than nouns. They typically occur at the end of phrases, as seen in the English example "He peeked inside". When combined with a verb, a prepositional adverb and verb form a phrasal verb with a changed meaning from the base verb alone, such as "let down" versus "let". While most common in Germanic languages, some features of prepositional adverbs can also be seen in other language groups, like Slavic and Hungarian languages prefixing prepositions or cases to verbs denoting motion.

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    Prepositional adverbs are words similar to prepositions that function as adverbs by modifying verbs rather than nouns. They typically occur at the end of phrases, as seen in the English example "He peeked inside". When combined with a verb, a prepositional adverb and verb form a phrasal verb with a changed meaning from the base verb alone, such as "let down" versus "let". While most common in Germanic languages, some features of prepositional adverbs can also be seen in other language groups, like Slavic and Hungarian languages prefixing prepositions or cases to verbs denoting motion.

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    Prepositional adverbs are words similar to prepositions that function as adverbs by modifying verbs rather than nouns. They typically occur at the end of phrases, as seen in the English example "He peeked inside". When combined with a verb, a prepositional adverb and verb form a phrasal verb with a changed meaning from the base verb alone, such as "let down" versus "let". While most common in Germanic languages, some features of prepositional adverbs can also be seen in other language groups, like Slavic and Hungarian languages prefixing prepositions or cases to verbs denoting motion.

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    A prepositional adverb is a word – mainly a particle – which is very similar in its form to a preposition but
    functions as an adverb. Prepositional adverbs occur, for example, in English, German and Dutch. Unlike
    real prepositions, they occur mainly at the end of a phrase and not before nouns. They also modify the
    verb, which a preposition does not.

    An example of a prepositional adverb in English is "inside" in "He peeked inside".

    Phrasal verb

    A verb combined with a prepositional adverb is called a phrasal verb only if the verb's meaning is
    changed by the prepositional adverb. In English, there are many examples of this. For example, let can
    have many possible meanings depending on which prepositional adverb it is combined with (let down,
    let in, let off, let to, etc.)

    Prepositional adverbs in other languages

    Although prepositional adverbs are largely associated with Germanic languages, those of other classes
    occasionally have corresponding features. For instance, Slavic languages such as Czech may prefix
    prepositions to verbs of motion (jít to go → dojít to come towards, odejít to go away from). In
    Hungarian, the case endings may also be prefixed to verbs (városba to the city, bemenni to go towards),
    much as in German.

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