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Postpositions

Postpositions are prepositions for Adûnaic, except attached as suffixes to the word modified, as opposed to the European method of having them as prefixes.

 

Case:

postpositions do not have any case, and the nouns that they are attached to also must be in normal singular, plural or dual.

 

Vowel-combinations:

Postpositions use the usual glide consonants of -y or ­-w when the modified noun ends in -i or -u (respectively) and if the postpositional suffix begins with a vowel.  In any other case, the usual vowel-combinations apply.  Also, if the word ends in a consonant and the postposition begins with a consonant, then one must put a dash between the word and the postposition.

 

Postposition List:

All original Adûnaic postpositions:

·        -ada (“to, towards, against”)

·        -ak (“away”)

·        -dalad (“under, beneath”)

·        -mâ (“with”)

·        -nad (“behind”)

·        -nud (“on”)

·        (“from”)

·        -ôb (“before”)

·        -zê (“at”)

All Neo-Adûnaic postpositions (WIP):

·       -bê (“as, like”)

·       -durud (“over, above”)

·         -us (“for”)

·         -sil/-sul (“in”.  Most likely will be finalized as -su)

 

 

 

Examples:

Azra, “at sea.”

Balak-mâ, “with a ship.”

Ugru-dalad, “under shadow.”

Imrazôr-nad, “behind Imrazôr.”

Nîlu-bê, “like the moon.”

Batânada, “towards the road.”

Azrâda, “towards the sea.”

Azrîyada, “to the seas.”

Batânô, “from the road.”

Nîluvô, “from the moon.”

Anadûnênô, “from Númenor.”

Dâurôb, “behind the road.”