Sylheti language/Expressing locative information

Whereas English uses prepositions or prepositional phrases to denote positions with respect to a reference point, Bengali uses postpositions, that is, the funcional word is placed after (post) the noun phrase, or postpositional phrases, to do the same job.

English preposition	Sylheti postposition	Example
On	-or ufre	Tebulor ufre on the table
Under	-or nise/tole	Tebulor nise / Tebulor tole under the table
to the right of	-or daine	Example
to the left of	-or bame	Example
beside / next to	-or galat	Example
in front of	-or shamne	Example
behind	-or khore	Example
facing	Example	Example
at the top of	Example	Example
at the bottom of	Example	Example
in the middle of	Example	Example
at the center of	-or mazkhano	Example
at the edge of	Example	Example
in the corner of	-or kunat	Example
at the end of	Example	Example
around	Example	Example
inside of	-or bitre	Example
outside of	-or bara	Example
between	Example	Example

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