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                          la hem arlo-pen valo

                           ‘he comes from inside (out of) the house’
 
4)
 
acar
 
‘away, at a short distance’
 
                          la thepi acarchi arjap
                            ‘he stands away from the tree’
 
                          hala acar damlo
                            ‘he went away’
 
5)
 
aray, paray
 
‘near’
 
                         ne thepi aray (do)
                           ‘I am near the tree’
 
                         thepi ali pu-paray-chi do
                           ‘the tree is near this side of the road’
 
6)
 
acho
 
‘one, above, up’
 
                         la iloacho damlo
                          ‘he went up the hill’
 
                        thepi acho vo do
                         ‘’the bird is on the tree’
 
                       vo the-cho ijar
                         ‘the bird flies up the tree’
 
7)
 
adu, aray
 
'near'
 
                      ne thepi adu do ]
                      ne thepi aray do ]
                        ‘I am near the tree’
 
                     ne-du inar do ]
                     ne-ray inar do ]
                       ‘the elephant is near around me’
 
8)
 
bahira, roytan
 
‘out, outside’
 
                     bahira damnon ‘go out’
                       roytan damnon ‘go out’
 
                     ne bahira-pen valo
                     ne roytan-pen valo
                      ‘I came from outside’
 
                    hempen abahira damnon
                      ‘go out of the house’
 
                   pichi na bahira-pen keva
                   ‘why did you come from outside?’
 
9)
 
ino
 
‘in front of’
 
                  ne ino arjapri
                   ‘don’t stand in front of me’
 
                  la ano
                   ‘in front of him/her/it’
 
                ala ino
                  ‘in front of him/her’
 
                ala ano
                 ‘in front of him/her’
 
10)
 
nu
 
‘behind, back’
 
                methan ne-nu valo
                 ‘the dog came behind me’
 
11)
 
phi
 
‘after’
 
               methan ne-phi nadunlo
               ‘the dog comes behind me’
 
               methan latum aphi dun
               ‘the dog goes after them’
 
12)
 
abo
 
‘middle, within’
 
              la hidi abo-pen damlo
              ‘he went through (the middle of) the field’
 
              ghonta ichi abo vanon
             ‘come within an hour’

 
 
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