Postpositions
The role played by prepositions in English is filled by postpositions in
Tatari Faran. Postpositions follow the bare noun or NP they modify,
without any case clitics. Examples:
Below the person.
Above the person.
Around the fast rabbit.
Chanterelles are found under the conifer.
The monkey is on (top of) the tree.
When such postpositional phrases occur in the main sentence, the
postposition is unaccented. However, if the postpositional phrase
modifies a noun, it will be accented.
When in adverbial position, postpositions act as adverbs. For example:
I am looking under the conifer.
Adverbial postpositions are also unaccented.
A particularly interesting pair of postpositions is ibi and
iki. Both postpositions indicate accompaniment with another NP.
However, ibi indicates accompaniment with the subject NP
whereas iki indicates accompaniment with a non-subject NP.
For example:
I was seen by the wolf with the girl. (I. e., the girl was with me.)
I was seen by the wolf and by the girl. (I. e., the girl was with the wolf.)
This association is independent of case:
I walked to the cinder cone with the girl. (I. e., the girl walked with me.)
I walked to the cinder cone and the girl. (I. e., the girl was at the cinder cone.)
Last updated 24 Apr 2023.
