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Lesson 26

Adverbs Denoting Relation of Place


   Here is a partial list of adverbs that express relation of a place.
   Some of them have been mentioned in previous lessons.

    teHat         under        eg.   	seb teHat  = the dead
    leAl          up, above          	leAl re'e  = look up ward
    qedem         forward, front     	qedem gis  = go forward
    ra'as teHat   down'wards         	ra'as teHat wedqa=fell downward
    ra'as leAl 	  up'wards 	     	ra'as leAl nefra = flew upward
							(bird,insect)
    ra'as qedem   forward       	ra'as qeder seA  = ran forward
    ra'as Har     backward      	ra'as Har aqbela =returned backward
    geSu teHat    down ward     	geSu teHat dena=he went down ward
    geSu leAl     up wards      	geSu leAl Aqlola= he went up ward
    geSu qedem    forward       	geSu qedem seA= he ran forward

    et qblat      in front     		et qblat re'ekwu = I saw him in front
    mn qedem      in front,
                  from front,  		mn qedem meS'a=he came from front
    geS Ad        from/to
                  inside       		geS ad ata  = entered inside
    geS keden     from/to
                  outside      		geS keden weleba= turned to outside

    et keden 	  outside 		et keden meya = out side he spent the 
							night
    etu/eta       there        		eta tmeya = he spent the night there
    etli/etla     in here     		etla tmeya= in here he spent the night
    enze          here        		enze neA  = come here
    ken           there       		ken gis   = go there
    enze we ken   here and
                  there  ( enze weken )
    ken we enze   to and fro 		ken we enze itibel=don't go here and 
								there
    mn ken        off, beyond  		mn ken the debr = beyond the mountain

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