ABSTRACT
Instrumental expressions may likewise employ serial verbal syntax:
ak;; he picked
fisre window
'he broke the window with a stone'
Alternatively, we may find an adverbial expression of the following type:
ayabi he broke
ftsre window
The basic adverbial specification of location comprises the locative particle together with a specific noun or pronoun followed by a postpositional noun:
I ligMli me 'inside the house' m loco house inside part. def. nl 3kp15n3 apa 'on top of the table'
table top n! ye su 'beside him'
him side
This type of syntax is also used to express ablative function ('he took it off me') and temporal notions ('at three o'clock').
