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Locational Prepositions

See also: Outside.

• acyk: between

• adol: through

• at: toward

• bat: on

• be’chaaj teh: away from

• chaaj'yc teh: far from
  (fan spelling: chaajyc teh)

• chur: under

• daab: down

• dayn: out, outside of 

• diryc: low

• dos: across

• gebbar: near to, close to

• jaon: over

• juaan: beside, next to

• laam: up

• laamyc: high

• lo: into

• o’r: in, inside of

• rud: around

• sha norac: at the back, behind
  (fan construction: shanor)

• sha troan: at the front, in front
  (fan construction: shatroan)

Other directional words

• payt: left

• staabi: right

• abesh: east

• gaht: north

• ka’gaht: south

• wasuur: west

Education

Uses these resources to become more familiar with locational prepositions.

• Comprehensible-input slideshow about a few food and locational words: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k5sJ25ZN8Fn7Fc4MR7Pxn2kBYPRF8GRGCjyfRYWiH84/

• Video version of the above slideshow, with voiceover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPlk9zlKUa8

• A reading-comprehension quiz with sounds for the above slideshow: https://forms.gle/aYNNndTPGXqWuXyS9

• Tion vaii buyca, beskar’ta, bal briik? (Where is the bucket, iron heart, and line?), comprehensible input for locational prepositions, with simple color pictures: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zyp9JEn5C48dLEAMPchnomZj1S8yXh-R/view

• Buy a color print copy of Tion vaii buyca, beskar’ta, bal briik? (Where is the bucket, iron heart, and line?): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR7ZP21B

• Buy a black-and-white version of the above book, with room to practice writing and translating: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSD31KNT