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🇮🇳 Hindi
हिन्दीDevanagari

Big idea: Postpositions + the oblique form (and a taste of ने): practice + mini‑quiz

Practice the big idea with drills and a longer quiz based on real examples.

Postpositions: noun + postposition

Think of postpositions as ‘prepositions that come after’. Learn them as chunks.

  • घर में (in the house)
  • स्कूल से (from school)
  • दोस्त के साथ (with a friend)
मैं घर में हूँ।
main ghar mein hoon
I am in the house.
मैं स्कूल से हूँ।
main school se hoon
I am from school.

Ergative marker ने (super common in past actions)

Many past transitive sentences use ने on the doer. Don’t memorize all rules—start by recognizing the pattern.

  • मैंने चाय पी। (I drank tea.)
  • आपने क्या किया? (What did you do?)
  • You’ll see verb agreement patterns—learn them through examples.
मैंने चाय पी।
maine chai pi
I drank tea.
आपने क्या किया?
aapne kya kiya
What did you do? (formal)

Drills

Pick the correct postposition
मैं घर ___ हूँ।
I am in the house.
मैं घर ___ हूँ।
Explanation
में = in/inside.
Pick the correct postposition
मैं स्कूल ___ हूँ।
I am from school.
मैं स्कूल ___ हूँ।
Explanation
से = from/by/with.

Mini‑quiz

Mini-quiz
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In Hindi, postpositions usually go…