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Presumably "on the threshold" is <preposition> praga-some-case. The case is presumably the locative; what is the preposition?

alice wrote:Presumably "on the threshold" is <preposition> praga-some-case. The case is presumably the locative; what is the preposition?

I think you mean „na progu” (indeed locative of „próg”), although there is also „w progu” “on the (literal) doorstep; in the door” and „u progu” “near the threshold; right before the starting point”.

If you know some Polish, you can compare the usage context in the National Corpus.

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alice wrote:Presumably "on the threshold" is <preposition> praga-some-case. The case is presumably the locative; what is the preposition?

I think you mean „na progu” (indeed locative of „próg”), although there is also „w progu” “on the (literal) doorstep; in the door” and „u progu” “near the threshold; right before the starting point”.

Though I found the title of Lovecraft's "The thing on the doorstep" translated as Coś na progu.

linguoboy wrote: Though I found the title of Lovecraft's "The thing on the doorstep" translated as Coś na progu.

Well, that's also correct.