 Major Location Nouns are "mafe" 'front' (Noun-"no mafe-ni" 'in front of Noun'), "ufe" 'top' (Noun-"no ufe-ni" 'on top of Noun' ~ 'above Noun'), "sita" 'underneath' (Noun-"no sita-ni" 'under Noun), "saki" 'ahead' (Noun-"no saki-ni" 'ahead of Noun)', etc.Early Middle Japanese verb inflection is agglutinative.All verbs are conjugated in a small number of 'stems', and may be combined with grammaticalized verbs that express tense, aspect, mood, voice, and polarity.