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 ====== Lessons — Prepositions ====== ====== Lessons — Prepositions ======
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 **//Prepositions//** are auxiliary words placed before nouns, hence their name. Majority of Indo-European languages uses prepositions together with nouns to describe directions, locations and time intervals. However, in Nûrlâm such words are usually placed **after** nouns, and are called **//postpositions//** which will be discussed in the following lesson. Nûrlâm has both pre- and post-positions, and such words are collectively called **//adpositions//**. **//Prepositions//** are auxiliary words placed before nouns, hence their name. Majority of Indo-European languages uses prepositions together with nouns to describe directions, locations and time intervals. However, in Nûrlâm such words are usually placed **after** nouns, and are called **//postpositions//** which will be discussed in the following lesson. Nûrlâm has both pre- and post-positions, and such words are collectively called **//adpositions//**.
  
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 ===== Exercise 2 ===== ===== Exercise 2 =====
 Translate from Nûrlâm into English: Translate from Nûrlâm into English:
-  - ash golug uglûrz gashnâ tug gus karn poi+  - ash golug uglûrz gashnâ gus karn poi tug
   - ash ûzûl tau kâtâ lata rodum mor   - ash ûzûl tau kâtâ lata rodum mor
   - burz skâtâ shi fugh   - burz skâtâ shi fugh
-  - dau lûg skoirû tala kaupum+  - dau lûg skoirû tala lugum
   - kû tark maukuzâ bug hûr kârshum   - kû tark maukuzâ bug hûr kârshum
   - mak mau ghuruzû ârshik   - mak mau ghuruzû ârshik
   - nar olog lalû shi ârsh   - nar olog lalû shi ârsh
-  - Nazgûl skoirû tala bûrz lug+  - Nazgûl skoirû tala bûrz kaupum
   - sta golug duzuzû ânth shi ânshum   - sta golug duzuzû ânth shi ânshum
   - tusk noi nâkhuzu za shra ik ândhum   - tusk noi nâkhuzu za shra ik ândhum
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   - a green forest lies under the black mountain   - a green forest lies under the black mountain
   - darkness comes at night   - darkness comes at night
-  - large dragons are flying over the hill+  - large dragons are flying over the tower
   - old human fought against the fierce sea   - old human fought against the fierce sea
   - many warriors died yesterday   - many warriors died yesterday
   - no trolls laugh at noon   - no trolls laugh at noon
-  - Nâzgûl are flying over the dark tower+  - Nâzgûl are flying over the dark hill
   - short elves were sitting early in the morning   - short elves were sitting early in the morning
   - [one] hundred bees bit this person before the dawn   - [one] hundred bees bit this person before the dawn
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