The conversation exercise on page 27 of Latin for Beginners by L. D’OOGE contains the following that you have to answer in Latin:
Vocatne filia agricolae gallinas ad cenam
While I know that "ad" is a preposition in the accusative case and is used here for the accusative cenam, as in "Does the daughter of the farmer call the chickens to dinner?" My question is whether the use of "ad" here is an option and if so why it is used rather than dinner being in the dative case with:
Vocatne filia agricolae gallinas cenae
Is it wrong to be in the dative case?
Vocatne filia agricolae gallinas ad cenam
While I know that "ad" is a preposition in the accusative case and is used here for the accusative cenam, as in "Does the daughter of the farmer call the chickens to dinner?" My question is whether the use of "ad" here is an option and if so why it is used rather than dinner being in the dative case with:
Vocatne filia agricolae gallinas cenae
Is it wrong to be in the dative case?