Wiki-Grammar of Lidepla

2.16. support: pro: li (they) shwo (say, talk) pro guverna (government) – they talk pro government

2.17. opposition: kontra: kontra may (my) vola (will) – against my will

3. Prepositions of correlations

3.1. replacement: inplas: onpon (to put on) jupa (skirt) inplas panta (trousers) – to put on the skirt instead of trousers

3.2. exception: exepte: oli (all, everybody) exepte me (I) – everybody except me

3.3. besides: krome: lu (he) hev (to have) mucho (many) amiga (friend) krome me (I) – he has a lot of friend besides me

3.4. concession: malgree: nu (we) promeni (to walk) malgree pluva (rain) – we walk in spite of the rain

4. Prepositions of situation

(the mark komo means that the preposition may be used independently, as an adverb)

4.1. in limits:

a) in (in): promeni (to walk) in shulin (forest) – to walk in a forest

b) inen (inside (komo)): ye (there is) koysa (something) inen boxa (box) – there is something inside the box

4.2. outside: ausen (komo): may (my) oma (grandmother) jivi (lives) ausen urba (city) – my grandmother lives outside the city

4.3. near: bli (komo): skola (school) es (is) bli dom (house) – the school is near the house

4.4. at the other side of: traen (komo): Es (is) tume (dark) traen winda (window). – It's dark outside (the window).

4.5. in relation to other things:

a) inter (between): nu (we) es (is / are) inter skay (sky) e (and) arda (earth) – we are between the sky and the earth

b) miden (among): miden amigas (friends) – among the friends

4.6. linear sequence: bifoo (before), afte (after)

- In (in) sey (this) fila (line, queue) yu (you) es (is / are) bifoo me (I) e (and) afte ela (she). – In this line you are before me and after her.

4.7. sequence in space: avanen (in front of (komo)), baken (behind (komo)): avanen kolona – in front of the column, baken dwar – behind the door

4.8. vertically:

a) on (on): Kitaba (book) es (is / are) on tabla (table). – The book is on the table.

b) sobre (above), sub (under): Papagay (parrot) flai (to fly) sobre tabla (table), kota (cat) sidi (to sit) sub lemar (wardrobe). – The parrot flies over the table, the cat sits under the wardrobe.

c) uuparen (up, at the upper part of (komo)), nichen (at the lower part of (komo)): nichen kolina (hill) — at the bottom of the hill, fon (from) uuparen — from above

4.9. horizontally:

a) flanken (at the side of (komo)): Flanken dom (house) ye (there is) garden (garden). – At the side of the house there is a garden.

b) leften (at the left (komo)), desnen (on the right (komo)): In (in) korpa (body) kordia (heart) es (is / are) leften. – In the body the heart is at the left.

4.10. around: sirkum (komo): sirkum dom (house) – around the house

4.11. opposition: kontra (komo): Teatra (theater) es (is / are) kontra sirkus (circus). – The theater is in front of the circus.

4.12. a typical place or feature: she: Me (I) es (is / are) she me (I). – I am at mine.

5. Prepositions of movement

(the mark komo means that the preposition may be used independently, as an adverb)

5.1. direction to:

a) a: Me (I) zai ("continuous marker") go (to go) a dom (to the house). – I'm going (walking) to the house (home).

b) versu: Treba (it is necessary) turni (to turn) versu dom (home). – One should turn towards home.