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 ===Postpositions===
+Spatial relations are largely expressed by means of the case particles, but additional senses can be expressed by nominal elements in combination with the gentive ''eng'' and the locative ''gang''. A concise list of forms expressing spatial relations is given below.
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="3;" | Simple Particles
+|-
+| ''a'' || to, towards, up to || ''buya ba ibya a ewangi heng'' "the woman went to the river"
+|-
+| ''chi'' || from, of, off, through || ''ni eng asho binji chi ewashi heng'' "my grandmother came down from the mountain"
+|-
+| ''gang'' || in, on, at || ''arato ba jibang gang da'' "the food is on the floor"
+|-
+| ''ha'' || with, by || ''eba byo aneeto ha'' "cut it with a knife!"
+|-
+| ''heez'' || across, over, beyond ||
+|-
+| ''ni'' || to (recipient), for (purpose, intent) ||
+|-
+| ''ta'' || with (comitative) ||
+|-
+! colspan="3;" | Compounds with ''eng ... gang''
+|-
+| ''auda'' || beside, by ||
+|-
+| ''bee'' || under, below, beneath ||
+|-
+| ''beekaz'' || behind, at the back of, after ||
+|-
+| ''bozu'' || inside ||
+|-
+| ''geeng'' || outside ||
+|-
+| ''gyang'' || on top of, on ||
+|-
+| ''iriji'' || in the middle of, inside ||
+|-
+| ''waz'' || in front of, before ||
+|}
 ===Derivation===
 Derivation is carried out using a number of suffixes and independent particles, and by compounding.