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| ====== Prepositions and Postpositions ====== | ====== Prepositions and Postpositions ====== | ||
| + | <WRAP center round todo 60%> | ||
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| A hard lesson | A hard lesson | ||
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| ===== Prepositions ===== | ===== Prepositions ===== | ||
| - | While postpositions in Nûrlâm are always used to describe locations or directions, prepositions mostly describe time or actions towards persons or objects. And word describing locations are placed before nouns only if they consist of two syllables. | + | While postpositions in Nûrlâm are always used to describe locations or directions, prepositions mostly describe time or actions towards persons or objects. And words describing locations are placed before nouns only if they consist of two syllables. |
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| * la (after [time]) | * la (after [time]) | ||
| * lata (under, beneath, below) | * lata (under, beneath, below) | ||
| - | * shi (at [exact time]) | + | * shi (at [exact time], in [time of day]) |
| * tala (above, over [vertically], | * tala (above, over [vertically], | ||
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| * ânsh (morning, dawn) | * ânsh (morning, dawn) | ||
| * ârsh (day) | * ârsh (day) | ||
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| * fugh (night) | * fugh (night) | ||
| - | Some of prepositions may be used without nouns as adverbs. Example: "" | + | Some of prepositions may be used without nouns as adverbs. Example: "Come after" => "Skât la". |
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| ==== Examples ==== | ==== Examples ==== | ||
| + | * Burn <wrap dashed_underline> | ||
| + | * Orcs <wrap double_underline> | ||
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| ===== Exercise 1 ===== | ===== Exercise 1 ===== | ||
| + | Translate from English into Nûrlâm: | ||
| + | - Five Nazgûl are flying around the city; | ||
| + | - Eight orcs came late in the evening; | ||
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| + | <hidden show answers> | ||
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| ===== Exercise 2 ===== | ===== Exercise 2 ===== | ||
| + | Translate from Nûrlâm into English: | ||
| + | - Mak mau ghuruzû ârshik; | ||
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| + | <hidden show answers> | ||
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| ===== See also ===== | ===== See also ===== | ||
| + | * [[: | ||
| + | * [[lessons: | ||
| + | * [[: | ||
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