Location

In this lesson you will learn about locations and how to talk about location (in front of, nearby etc)

Locatives

locatives "ko/kwa", "mo" and "fa" are used to describe location. "mo" usually means "inside" or a more precise location than "ko/kwa".

o kae?	where are you/he/she ?
ke bereka mo ofising	I am working in the office
o nna kwa Broadhurt mo Gaborone	he stays at Broadhurst in Gaborone
Festus o ko Francistown	Festus is in Francistown
Ba kwa tirong	They are at work
Sarah o yo	Sarah is here
Sarah ga a yo	Sarah is not here

Note the use of "ofising" and "tirong" above. In general, whenever a noun is used as a location following "ko/kwa/mo/fa" then -ng is added at the end, unless the noun ends in "a" in which case the "a" is replaced by "-eng".

Location nouns

banka	bankeng	in the bank
sepatela	sepateleng	in the hospital
moraka	morakeng	at the cattle post
kereke	kerekeng	in the church
motse	motseng	in the village
tafole	tafoleng	on the table
kopi	koping	in the cup
ofisi	ofising	in the office
lefifi	lefifing	in the dark/darkness
sephiri	sephiring	in secret/privacy
shopo	shopong	in the shop
toropo	toropong	in the town
tiro	tirong	in the workplace
sekolo	sekolong	in the school
maru	marung	in the clouds

see later lesson getting around for how to say "on top of", "underneath" etc