Adpositions

Position in Sereer is mostly indicated with prepositions. Currently, it's not clear if all these prepositions can be used verbally. Some can, i.e. ɟof no taχarkɛ "towards the trees" and mɛhɛ ɟofaa "I am going toward (something)".

Gloss	Aposition		Position	Source			Notes, Example Sentences
at	onga		posposed to N	JM_021, VW_068			temporal
behind/after	aciⁿɉ			JM_021, VW_040			acinᶮɟ ᵐbinɛ "behind the house"
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
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"
in/inside	kam			JM_021, VW_040
near/by/next to	paam	pam		JM_021, VW_040			pam ⁿdaχarnɛ "by the tree"
behind	ka'taa			VW_040
around	kɛˈʋidna			VW_040
outside	ˈtafil			VW_040			also N "outside"
inside/in between/in the middle	a'ndeer			JM_012, VW_040
at	non			VW_024			non ⁿdaχarnɛ "at the tree"
toward	ɟof, ɟofin, ɟofna			VW_024			ɟofna noqololɛ "toward the field"
near to	mɛmaʔna			VW_024			mɛˈmaʔna ⁿdaχarnɛ "close to the tree"
far from	mɛgotna			VW_024
to	mɛna, mɛn			VW_054
at	n-			VW_054			eg. noboχolɛ "at the dog"
with	fo			VW_054			fo ɟapil "with the knife", fo otɛo "with the woman"
before	bala			VW_054
from	χatna no-			VW_068
from	inoorna no-			VW_068
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
in front of	adoχ			VW_038 (JH_039)			derived from "leader" N