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Postpositions
English prepositions (in, on, with etc) are placed before nouns
and pronouns. In Hindi and Urdu they are placed after nouns
and pronouns and are called ‘postpositions’. They may be
simple, one-word postpositions or compound postpositions,
made up of more than one word. Examples are:
simple compound
kō to ke pās at HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
kā of ke sāth with
me in ke liye for
par at ke bāhar outside
se from, by ke andar inside
ne ‘agent marker’
tak until, up to
Nouns and pronouns take the oblique case when they are fol-
lowed by a postposition: N
uske kamre me saRak par
in his/her room on the road
gāRī seR dōst ke sāth Postpositions
by train with a friend
jApur ke liye
for Jaipur
The word kō is used to mark times of the day and days of the
week, where English uses ‘on’ or ‘at’:
āp shām kō kyā kar rahe hA?
what are you doing in the evening?
āp itvār kō kitne baje jāyegi?
at what time will you be leaving on Sunday?

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