Adpositions

Position in Sereer is mostly indicated with prepositions. Prepositions are syntactically free elements.

There are two classes of prepositions: those that function verbally and therefore take verbal morphology, and those that cannot take verbal morphology. I am also currently separating temporal prepositions because they take particular morphology that I don't fully understand.

Verbal Prepositions

Gloss	Adposition			Source			Notes, Example Sentences
twist around	wid			VW_040
go toward	ɟof			VW_024
be near	mat			VW_024
be far	goƭ			VW_024
come from	χat			VW_068
come from	inoor			VW_068

Gloss	Adposition			Source			Notes, Example Sentences
at	n-			VW_054			eg. noboχolɛ "at the dog"
with	fo			VW_054			fo ɟapil "with the knife", fo otɛo "with the woman"
in/inside	kam			JM_021, VW_040
near/by/next to	pam	pam		JM_021, VW_040			pam ⁿdaχarnɛ "by the tree"
over/above/on/up	tok			JM_021, VW_040			used also as adv. "up"
under	ɗoχang	ɗoχaᵑɡ, ɗoχaŋ		JM_021			ɗoχaᵑɡ ᵐbaɟnɛ "under the blanket"
inside/in between/in the middle	a'ndeer			JM_012, VW_040
amidst/between/surrounded by/inside	ⁿdɛɛr			VW_024			ⁿdɛɛr taχarkɛ "amidst the trees"
between, in the middle between (2 things)	ⁿdɛɛrⁿdɛr			VW_024			ⁿdɛɛⁿdɛr taχarkɛ "between the (two) trees"
in front of	ᵐbaaᵐbir			JM_021, VW_054
in front of	adoχ			VW_038 (JH_039)			derived from "leader" N
behind/after	aciⁿɉ			JM_021, VW_040			acinᶮɟ ᵐbinɛ "behind the house"
behind	ka'taa			VW_040
outside	ˈtafil			VW_040			also N "outside"

Gloss	Adposition			Source			Notes, Example Sentences
before	bala			VW_054
during	anaᵑga			VW_068
during	yɛtɛ			VW_068
during/in	na			VW_068
until	botɛ			VW_068
until	bona			VW_068
until	booyaatɛ			VW_068