Location

Question 1

above

Your book is on top of the table

Answer 1

ko godimo/ fa godimo

Buka ya gago e ko godimo ga tafole

Question 2

around

Try to crawl around the table

Answer 2

dikologa

Leka go gagaba o dikologa tafole
(Can’t be translated directly)

Question 3

at (place)

Did you play at Nkuku’s house?

Answer 3

Ko

O tshamikile ko ntluong ya ga Nkuku?

Question 4

behind

Mummy is behind the door

Answer 4

ko morago

Mama o ko morago ga lebati

Question 5

below, beneath, under

You must lie under your blanket

Answer 5

ko tlase

O rapame ko tlase ga dikobo

Question 6

beside, next to

Bobo is next to Lio

Answer 6

go bapa

Bobo o bapile le Leo

Question 7

between

Your nose is in between your eyes

Answer 7

ga gare / fa gare

Nko ya gago e fa gare ga matlho a gago

Question 8

beyond

The beach is beyond the grass

Answer 8

ko pele / ka kwa

Lewatle le ga pele ga bojang

Question 9

down

Papa went down to the car

Answer 9

ko tase / fa atse

Papa o ile ko tlase, ko koloing

Question 10

in

The water is in the tub

Answer 10

mo

Metsi a mo batheng

Question 11

inside / into

The pants are inside the suitcase

Answer 11

mo teng

Marokgwe a mo teng ga béeke

Question 12

near

Nkuku’s house is near Marlo’s house

Answer 12

Go bapa

go bapile

Ntlo ya ga Nkuku e bapile le ntlo ya ga Marlo

Question 13

opposite

Mama sits opposite Papa

Answer 13

go lebagana

Mama o ntse go lebagana le papa

Question 14

past (spatially)

The school is past the hospital

Answer 14

ko pele/ go feta

Sekolo se fitile sepatela

Question 15

through

We have to drive through the tunnel

Answer 15

go ralela

Re tshwanetse go ralela tunnele (ka koloi)

Question 16

to / toward

We will fly to Botswana

Answer 16

ko

(Like drive, fly can change the context of translation)

Will translate

Will go to Serowe

“Re tla ya ko Serowe”

Question 17

via

We fly to Gaborone via Johannesburg

Answer 17

go feta

Re tla fofa re ya Gaborone, re fitla ka Johannesburg (joburg/johani)

Question 18

by (spatially)

We live by the sea

Answer 18

go bapa

Re nna go bapa le lewatle

Question 19

from (spatial)

Papa is coming from the office

Answer 19

tswa ko

Papa o tswa ko ofising

Question 20

on (spatially)

The pen is on the desk

Answer 20

ko godimo / fa godimo

Technically godimo means on top/above

Pen e fa godimo ga tafole

Question 21

up

Look up so that you can see Leo

Answer 21

ko godimo

Le ba ko godimo gore o bone Leo

Question 22

outside

Answer 22

kontse