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 === Prepositions ===
 Prepositions can be classified into two groups; conjugating and non-conjugating.  This may be somewhat a misnomer, as even non-conjugating prepositions may take suffix conjugation when they are used with a personal pronoun, but this is not considered true conjugation.  Conjugating pronouns conjugate to match the main subject of a sentence.
 {| class="wikitable"  style="display: inline-table;"
-|+caption | Conjugating Prepositions
+|- style="text-align: center"
-|-
+! Focus
-! {{interlinear|3SG}}
+| <code>FOC</code>
-! {{interlinear|1PL}}
+| ''báa''
-! Meaning
-! Notes
-! Example
-|-
-| ''bâ''
 | ''wanū''
-| [[w:Focus (linguistics)|focus]]
+| style="text-align: left" | Indicates new, non-derivable, or contrastive information.
-| ''ban'' before words starting with a vowel; conditions an adnominal verb
+|- style="text-align: center"
-| ''ḥamaba '''bá'''’Ámnú díyālana''—'It was Amn who wrote the letter'
+! Complementiser
-|-
+| <code>C</code>
 | ''báta''
 | ''wátū''
-| [[w:Complementizer|complementizer]]
+| style="text-align: left" | Is used to turn a clause into the subject or object of a sentence.
-| does not trigger tone sandhi
-| ''bamḥúdúú ’ayráásúúná '''bátū''' kīhu ruffút''—'the Aerans think this is their land'
 |}
 {| class="wikitable"  style="display: inline-table;"
-|+caption | Non-conjugating Prepositions
+|- style="text-align: center"
-|-
+! Dative
-! Form
+| <code>Dat</code>
-! Meaning
+| ''daá''
-! Notes
+| style="text-align: left" | Indicates the recipient of an action, or the person or thing affected by the action.
-! Example
+|- style="text-align: center"
-|-
+! Allative
-| ''dǎ''
+| <code>ALL</code>
-| [[w:Dative case|dative case]]
+| ''qū''
-|
+| style="text-align: left" | Indicates the direction towards which action or movement occurs.
-| ''’aḥmub díyālana '''da'''’Ámní''–'I wrote a letter to Amn'
+|- style="text-align: center"
-|-
+! Genitive
-| ''qu''
+| <code>GEN</code>
-| [[w:Allative case|allative case]]
-|
-| ''bádīlu wakmīna '''qu'''Jádááhi''—'They're sending the children to Jadah'
-|-
 | ''ǎz''
-| Possessive case
+| style="text-align: left" | Indicates possession, affiliation, or association.
-| may indicate alienable possession, assimilates voice with following consonant
-| ''Jattú '''z'''Amní''—'Amn's dog;' ''Luddú '''s'''Fasrí’ííná''—'capital of the fassermen'
 |}