4.6: Post-Positions

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Instructor Video: Postpositions in Urdu

English has a class of words called “prepositions”. Prepositions are the words that precede a phrase and indicate a relationship between the phrase and another word in the sentence. Urdu has a similar class of words known as “post-positions”. As the name implies, post-positions come after the word.

Simple Post-Positions

Simple post-positions consist of a single word.

Examples:

Examples		English	Post-positions
English	Urdu
In my town	میرے شہر میں	in	میں
On a table	میز پر	on,	پر
At home	گھر پر	at
From India	ہندوستان سے	from	سے
By train	ٹرین سے	by
With a pen	کلام سے	with
Since childhood	بچپن سے	since
Bedroom House’s window (window of a house) House’s people (people of a house)	سونے کا کمرہ گھر کی کھڑکی گھر کے لوگ	‘s	کا/کی /کے
To a boy To you	لڑکے کو آپکو	to	کو

Compound Post-Positions

Urdu has many compound post-positions as well. Compound post-positions consist of two or more words. Most compound post-positions begin with the post-position کے/کی or سے .

Examples:

	Examples	English	Post-Positions
English	Urdu
For house	گھر کے لیے	for x	کے لیے X
About town	شہر کے بارے میں	about x	کے بارے میں X
Because of you	آپ کی وجہ سے	because of x	کی وجہ سے X
Far from home	گھر سے	far from x	سے دور x
Near home	گھر کے قریب	near x	کے پاس/ نزدیک X
Before school	اسکول سے پہلے/اسکول سے پہلے	before x	سے / کے پہلے X
Outside home	گھر کے باہر	outside x	کے باہر X
Inside the home	گھر کے اندر	inside the x	کے اندر X
After school	اسکول کے بعد	after x	کے بعد X
Above/on/on top of home	گھر کے اوپر	above/ on/ on top of x	کے اوپر X
Under/beneath/below roof	چھت کے نیچے	under/ beneath/ below x	کے نیچے X
Toward you	آپ کی طرف	towards x	کی طرف X
In front of you	آسمان کے نیچے	in front of x	کے سامنے X
Behind you	آپ کے پیچھے	behind x	کے پیچھے X
Ahead of you	آپکے آگے	ahead of x	کے آگے X
Together with/with/along with you	آپکے ساتھ	together with/ with/ along with x	کے ساتھ X
Between school and home	اسکول اور گھر کے بیچ	between x and y	کے بیچ Y اور X

Test Yourself

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https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/urdu/?p=95#h5p-16

Fill in the blanks with the suitable post-position.

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https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/urdu/?p=95#h5p-17

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