Saturday, January 12, 2013

Postpositions

Postpositions in Hindi are like prepositions in English but they are placed after the noun. The noun in front of the postposition is always in the indirect case. The use of postpositions makes it possible to express the "missing" cases in Hindi.
nominative larki the girl (direct case)
genitive
s, m larki ka kam the work of the girl
s, f larki ki bat the word of the girl
pl, m larki ke kam the works of the girl
pl, f larki ki baten the words of the girl
dative larki ko to the girl
accusative
larki a girl (direct case)
larki ko the girl
vocative larki girl! (direct case)
ablative larki se from / with / of the girl
agentive larki ne the girl
locative
larki men in the girl
larki par on / upon / after the girl
larki tak as far as / as long as / up to the girl

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