Preposition

 
 
 
Yoruba has a lot of connecting words which help to link and to show relationship with other parts of a sentence in order to create a desired meaning. These words are placed (before/after) noun or pronoun and shows relationship with other parts of sentence. Preposition also shows direction such as (forward, to, over, under, from) or location (on, at, beside, near).

Some Yoruba words (noun, verb) take the role of preposition, but change in another setting or sentence.

 

Examples:

He enters into the Garden.  (Into English preposition)

O wọ    inu Ọgba (inu is a noun in Yoruba, but takes a prepositional role in this sentence).

 

He puts the book on the table.

O gbe iwe si ori   Tabili.

 

He stays behind the door.

O duro lẹhin Ilekun.

 

He sleeps under the bed.

O sun ni abẹ Akete.

 

He sits beside his mother.

O joko  si ẹba iya rẹ.

 

He stayed in water for several hours.

O wa ninu omi fun ọpọlọpọ wakati.

 

He served government for an upward of thirty-five years.

O ṣiṣẹ sin Ijọba fun Ọdun Marundinlogoji