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 — -nra / -ra
I am going to the water — Kere fəras toll'nra — /Kere fəras toll'nra/
Papa will go to the mountain — Ap:pa lo fəras dogžuraf'nra — /Ap:pa lo fəras dogʒuraf'nra/
You were walking to Mama — Ohun pa fəras anaa'ra — /Ohun pa fəras an:a'ra/
Movement away from an object:
-nru / -ra — -nru / -ra
We came from a city — Ehen pa əhələs tolrina'ru — /Ehen pa əhələs tolrina'ru/
I am going from the water — Kere fəras toll'nru — /Kere fəras toll'nru/
He is going from the stone — Nun fəras dogına'ru — /Nun fəras dogɯna'ru/
Movement into/to a destination:
-ni — -ni
You will come into the house — Ohun lo əhələs əfnə'ni — /Ohun lo əhələs əfnə'ni/
Father is going into the city — Apaafika fəras tolrina'ni — /Ap:afika fəras tolrina'ni/
I am going into the village — Kere fəras sitafa'ni — /Kere fəras sitafa'ni/