Lesson #107: More on Compound Postpositions
Today we’re going to learn a bit more about Compound Postpositions. We first looked at these back in Lesson #96. Can you remember what they are? That’s right, they’re just like normal Postpositions but they’re made of two words, the first of which is usually के ke. So for example we learnt how to say something like…
चाबी चित्र के आगे है caabee citr ke aage hai
- The key is in front of the picture
Head back to Lesson #96 if you’re confused! In this lesson we’re going to learn some more Compound Postpositions, as well as learning a special rule for using them! As usual there’s a few questions at the end, see if you can answer them after you’ve read the lesson! So are you ready to get going? The new Compound Postpositions for today are…
के पास ke paas - Near
के बाद ke baad - After
के बाहर ke baahar - Outside
के लिए ke lie - For
के साथ ke saath - With
Obviously these are no good unless we see some examples of how to use them! So are you ready to see some examples? अच्छा acchaa - great! Let’s get straight into it…
आदमी घर के बाहर है
aadmee ghar ke baahar hai
- The man is outside the house
Can you see what we’ve done here? There’s nothing new, so hopefully you shouldn’t be too confused!
भारत ब्रिटेन के पास नहीं है
bhaarat briten ke paas naheen hai
- India is not near Britain
Note that के पास ke paas also has another use, it can mean ‘to have’ and it shows ownership of items as we saw in Lesson #92!
Do you think you’re starting you getting the hang of this now? There’s one more thing we need to learn though! And that is when we use a Compound Position after a Pronoun (that’s words like I, You, He etc, as we learnt in Lesson #15) the के ke part kind of 'joins’ with the pronoun and so we actually use the the Possessive form of the Pronoun.
Ok wow, deep breathe. What does that mean then? Well, let me explain with an example…
नेहा मेरे साथ पढ़ती है
nehaa mere saath parhtee hai
- Neha reads with me
Can you see that we’ve used मेरे साथ mere saath to mean 'with me’? Let me show you some other examples…
तुम्हारे लिए tumhaare lie - For You
उनके बाद unke baad - After Them
हमारे साथ hamaare saath - With Us
उसके पीछे uske peeche - Behind Him (or Her)
So simply remember to always use the Possessive form of a Pronoun when you use a Compound Postposition! Ready for our last examples for today?
इसके बाद मैं खाऊँगा
iske baad main khaaoongaa
- After this I will eat (Said by a Male)
क्या वह केक हमारे लिए है?
kyaa voh kek hamaare lie hai?
- Is that cake for us?
Do you think you’ve understood? Please feel free to ask me in a comment below if you have any questions! Now do you think you can translate the 5 sentances below on what we’ve learnt today? Why not have a go! Simply leave youy answers in the comments below and I’ll let you know how we’ll you did! Translate the first three into Hindi and the last two into English…
- I am outside the room
- After that we went
- This is for you
- मेरे पीछे क्या है? mere peeche kyaa hai?
- मुझे चाय दूध के साथ पसंद है mujhe caay doodh ke saath pasand hai
So please leave your answers in the comments section below along with any questions if you have them!
