Prepositions: in the house or into the house?
After a Latin preposition comes an accusative or an ablative. Ad and per take the accusative, ex and cum the ablative. In takes both, with different meanings.
Why
Your friend texts In villam currō and then In villā sum. Twice in villa: is he inside or still on his way?
In English you say into the house or in the house. Latin uses in both times, but changes the case. In villam (accusative) is a movement inwards: he runs into the house. In villā (ablative) is a place: he is in the house.
Every preposition works like that: it brings a fixed case. If you know it, you see at a glance who goes where, where someone comes from and with whom. In every Roman text full of journeys, wars and markets, you need that.
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