Grammar Topics

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» 2.2 The Verb "to be" and auxiliary verbs

» 2.6 To want to

» 2.3 Verb infinitive and root » 2.7 Postpositions

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» 2.8 To a place
 

  2.7 Postpositions  

This topic is covered thoroughly in Lesson 5, but for now, all you need to know is that Urdu uses postpositions where English uses prepositions . Prepositions are the little words that describe position relationships with respect to places, objects, etc. Examples of English prepositions are: "in", "to", "from", "by", "of." In English, prepositions go before the nouns they refer to, but in Urdu, the postpositions go after their nouns.

Compare the examples from Lessons 1 and 2, and note the difference between the English and Urdu word order.

 

from America

امریکہ سے

in the bazaar

بازار میں

from here

یہاں سے

price of potatoes

آلو کا دام

your name (=name of you)

آپ کا نام