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Ibero Romance Languages
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Portuguese: É importante comermos cedo.* (It is important for us to eat early.)
Furthermore, the preposition a (from Latin ad) is frequently employed in object marking (the "personal a" ) when the direct object is a specific person or sentient being, a feature not found in other major Romance branches:
Spanish: Veo a María.* (I see Maria.) -
Vulgar Latin
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Case Reduction: The instrumental case functions were almost entirely absorbed by the preposition cum (with) followed by the ablative, marking the functional obsolescence of the original Latin ablative in many contexts. The genitive case also showed significant erosion, often being replaced by constructions using de + ablative (e.g., pater familiae $\to$ pater de familia) [6].
Emergence of Definite Articles: Classical Latin lacked true definite article…