How Do You Learn Prepositional Phrases In Urdu?
In English, prepositions come before the words they modify. Think of the statement, “He lives in New York.” The preposition “in” comes before the location “New York.” In Urdu, there are postpositions rather than prepositions. That means that the word we think of in English as the preposition actually comes after the noun it modifies in Urdu. The phrase “in New York” would be said “New York maiⁿ.” Learn simple Urdu postpositions. Some of the most commonly used postpositions are maiⁿ (in), par (on), se (from), ko (to), and tak (up to). Practice making simple phrases and sentences with these postpositions. “In America” would be “Amrika maiⁿ.” “On the table” would be “mez par.” “From the store” would be “dukan se.” Practice the phrases until you are comfortable with the word order. Learn the oblique case of pronouns. When nouns and pronouns are followed by postpositions, they often change their spelling and the way they are pronounced. For example, the first person pronoun “mai” changes to
