Words: Kupi kmet kravo. Gloss: buy.3.Sg peasant.NOM cow.ACC Translation: A peasant buys a cow. Comment: This order is possible but it is not neutral. It sounds very literary. Contributor:Franc Marušič
This is true for most adpositions, yet there are a few that can be used as postpositions.
Words: hiši naproti Gloss: house.LOC towards Translation: towards the house Comment: Typically this adposition is also used as a preposition, but it can also be used in slightly marked examples as postposition. The other such adposition is 'nasproti' (opposite). Contributor:Franc Marušič
Words: hiši nasproti Gloss: house.LOC opposite Translation: opposite the house Comment: Typically this adposition is also used as a preposition, but it can also be used in slightly marked examples as postposition. The other such adposition is 'naproti' (towards). Contributor:Franc Marušič
Words: hiša velika kot hrib Gloss: house big as hill Translation: a house as big as a hill Comment: Adjective phrases can follow the noun if they are sufficiently heavy, so that bare adjectives never follow the noun. Contributor:Franc Marušič