Dalecarlian prepositions controlling dative

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('to, at')

Lassi hafr ferið að krippumiñ sínum, 'Lawrence has travelled to his kids'

(Note: Sometimes is used possessively instead of the genitive: Hittað ir smjørið að hennera alternative to Hittað ir henneris smjør, ('This is her butter') )<p> frámánað ('in front of')
Sleggjañ ir frámánað smiðiñum, ('The sledgehammer is in front of the black smith')<p> aftrání [Att`ro:`ni:] ('on the back of')
Haln ir aftrání krytrum, ('The tail is on the back of animals')<p> frâ ('from')
Ig ir frâ Dalum, ('I am from Dalecarlia')<p> frámání ('on the front of')
Nefið sit frámání meniskjum, ('The nose is located on the front of humans')<p> millâ ('between')
Varu heima millâ messumiñ, ('They were at home between the services')<p> móta ('against')
Irið móta sakini vârera, ('You (pl.) are against our cause')<p> ner ('near, close to')
Húsið ligg ner sjúm, ('The house is near the lake')<p> nest ('at, by, with, close to, beside etc.')
Han læðær hay nest einnera viðera lindu, ('He harvests hay by a wide, choked up field')<p> åf ('off, from')
Takið fjall åf húsiñu, ('The roof fell off the house')<p> ýr [y:r] ('out of, from')
Heð dimb ýr skrúfiñum, ('There's smoke coming out of the chimney')<p> níftir ('down along')
Gingum níftir vegiñum, ('We walked down along the road')


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