Direction
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Direction is added as a suffix to the word.
Some suffixes change based on the last vowel or consonant of the word.
It is expressed through the following endings:
Movement toward an object:
-nra / -ra
I am going to the water —
/Kere fəras toll'nra/Papa will go to the mountain —
/Ap:pa lo fəras dogʒuraf'nra/You were walking to Mama —
/Ohun pa fəras an:a'ra/
Movement away from an object:
nru / ru
We came from a city —
/Ehen pa əhələs tolrina'ru/I am going from the water —
/Kere fəras toll'nru/He is going from the stone —
/Nun fəras dogɯna'ru/
Movement into/to a destination:
-ni
You will come into the house —
/Ohun lo əhələs əfnə'ni/Father is going into the city —
/Ap:afika fəras tolrina'ni/I am going into the village —
/Kere fəras sitafa'ni/