Basic Postpositions

بنیادی حروفِ جار

About this concept

Urdu uses postpositions (after the noun) instead of prepositions. Common ones: میں meṅ (in), پر par (on), سے se (from/with/by), کو ko (to/for), کا/کی/کے kā/kī/ke (of, agrees with possessed noun's gender/number).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level A1.

Examples

گھر میں ghar meṅin the house

میز پر mez paron the table

اسلام آباد سے islāmābād sefrom Islamabad

لڑکے کا نام laṛke kā nāmthe boy's name (of)

Prerequisite

Grammatical GenderA1

Concepts that build on this

Direct and Oblique CaseA1 Possessive کا/کی/کےA2 Compound PostpositionsA2 کو as Dative and Accusative MarkerA2 Location and Direction WordsA1

More A1 concepts

Urdu Script (Nastaliq)اردو رسم الخط (نستعلیق)Vowel Marks (Aerab)اعراب Personal Pronouns and Honorificsذاتی ضمیر اور اعزازی الفاظ Grammatical Genderقواعدی جنس Singular and Pluralواحد اور جمع

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