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| Kah has no class of prepositions. The functions that are expressed by prepositions in other languages such as English are expressed by locative verbs in Kah. Please compare the following equivalents in Kah and English:
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| : seki bo vembeo
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| : meat be inside fridge
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| : the meat is inside the fridge
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| : simwana ganu denu ustu
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| : girl swim go friend
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| : the girl swam towards her friend
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| Each of these locative verbs can occur as an independent verb:
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| : meo hura bo soni
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| : cat lie be inside boat
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| : the cat is lying inside the boat
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| : meo bo soni
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| : cat be inside boat
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| : the cat is inside the boat
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| : meo pya denu fia
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| : cat jump go toy
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| : the cat jumped to the toy
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| : meo denu fia
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| : cat go toy
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| : the cat went to the toy
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| The verbal character of the words is evident from the fact they can be preceded by ordinary aspect markers:
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| : Kofih la denu kwando
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| : kofi be at going to school
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| : Kofi is going to school
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| : Akuh kwi bo kwando
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| : aku already be in school
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| : Aku is already in the school
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| : tinti bo
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| : should be inside
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| : it's supposed to be inside
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| om denu bandola!
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| let's go town
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| let's go to town!
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| Prepositional verbs
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| Besides the locative, there are many prepositional functions expressed by verbs:
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| auko wau tos haijono
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| text this considering biology
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| this text is about biology
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| yu de leleng aya
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| he come be without thing
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| he came empty-handed
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| bau leleng dun
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| dog without teeth
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| a dog without teeth
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| shuki wau tos bemben
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| candy this considering grandchild
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| this candy is for my grandchild
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| Anup jam chau shi uba
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| anup do be exact be like father
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| Anup did it exactly like his father
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