Modern Hindi Grammar - Indian Institute of Language Studies (IILS)

3. MORPHOLOGY

Part of a whole

13. yah kagaja, ka TukD,a hO.
    yeh ka:gaz ka: tukra: h ́.
    this paper gen piece is
    This is a piece of paper.


14. yah [sa poD, kI SaaK hO.
    yeh is per ki: ša:kh h ́.
    it this tree-gen branch-fs is
    It is the branch of this tree.

Purpose

14. pInao ka panaI saaf, hO.
    pi:ne ka: pa:ni: sa:f h ́.
    drink-obl gen water clean is
    The drinking water is clean.

Characteristics

15. dUQa kI imazasa AcCI hO.
    du:dh ki: mitha:s acchi: h ́.
    milk gen sweetness good is
    The milk is sweet.

3.1.2.7. Compound Postpositions........................................

Compound postpositions are formed by combining the postpositions
ko ke, kI ki:, and saose with other words in certain set phrases as
follows.

(i) ko ke

ko Alaavaa/Aitir@t ke ala:va:/atirikt in addition to
ko Anausaar ke anusa:r according to

ko AMdr (^) ke andar inside
ko Aagao (^) ke a:ge in front of
ko Aarpar ke a:rpa:r through
ko Aasapasa (^) ke a:spa:s near about
ko baad/]praMt/pScaat ke ba:d/uprã:nt/pašca:t afterwards
ko par (^) ke pa:r across
ko karNa (^) ke ka:ran because of
ko d\vaara/haqa ke dwa:ra:/ha:th through