Sefdaanian grammar - postpositions

• 1. àða denotes in association or connection with.
  • a custom popular among(st)/with the desert people
    • ṁaasto leuðós àða leúðo úĸos
  • It is not within my power to free you from prison.
    • mùs ceĸás àða ĸoldemós àfa tum šévu vúa ne:

• 2. àfa denotes separation from support, attachment or position.
  • one of us
    • ṁùm àfa sás
  • The skittish horse shied (and) the rider fell off it.
    • ţégəste éčes e-ţéga: mímus nem àfa e-fóóla:
  • The corrupt mayor was removed from office yesterday.
    • duspóṙvu cììmƶənííȝus dasós àfa ȝ̇esààmṙəvi dúúṙaþus e-íla:

• 3. àļa denotes on the farther side of time or space literally or figuratively.
  • The time is after/past midnight.
    • ténas meðnečás àļa ésa:
  • The exhausted army arrived way behind schedule.
    • múdo néṙtos ĸètu tenémsom àļa e-tópa:
  • It is beyond/past the time for sowing barley.
    • váṙsim seeás tenás àļa ésa:
  • The master’s ingenious plan is beyond/past my feeble understanding.
    • ṁalðús mánða ĸímas mùs maúṙa evƶás àļa ésa:
  • The driver drove the wagon slowly by/past the beseiged fortress.
    • ṙéðus ááĸaþo ðúnom àļa sèèxvi ṙéðnom e-ṙéða:
  • The soldier's brave action was outside his duty.
    • ĸoṙ̨ús qólvo ṁéṙƶos nùs delqás àļa e-ésa:
  • The peasant’s child couldn't count past 10.
    • ṙeṁṙús cícus ón àļa némsu e-mááκa ne: