Sylheti language/Expressing locative information
Whereas English uses prepositions or prepositional phrases to denote positions with respect to a reference point, Bengali uses postpositions, that is, the funcional word is placed after (post) the noun phrase, or postpositional phrases, to do the same job.
English preposition | Sylheti postposition | Example |
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On | -or ufre | Tebulor ufre on the table |
Under | -or nise/tole | Tebulor nise / Tebulor tole under the table |
to the right of | -or daine | Example |
to the left of | -or bame | Example |
beside / next to | -or galat | Example |
in front of | -or shamne | Example |
behind | -or khore | Example |
facing | Example | Example |
at the top of | Example | Example |
at the bottom of | Example | Example |
in the middle of | Example | Example |
at the center of | -or mazkhano | Example |
at the edge of | Example | Example |
in the corner of | -or kunat | Example |
at the end of | Example | Example |
around | Example | Example |
inside of | -or bitre | Example |
outside of | -or bara | Example |
between | Example | Example |