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Learning the Kannada Prepositions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Kannada language. But first we need to know what the role of Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Kannada.
Kannada prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Kannada Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | padha punja |
| inside the house | maneya olage |
| outside the car | carina horagade |
| with me | nanna jothe |
| without him | avanilladhe |
| under the table | mejina kelage |
| after tomorrow | naale adhamele |
| before sunset | suryasthadha olage |
| but I'm busy | adhare naanu thumbha busy |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Kannada.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Kannada placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Kannada vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Kannada Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | bagge |
| above | mele |
| across | moolaka |
| after | aamele |
| against | viruddha |
| among | madhye |
| around | suthha |
| as | haage |
| at | alli |
| before | aagale |
| behind | hindhe |
| below | kelage |
| beneath | kelage |
| beside | pakka |
| between | madhye |
| beyond | dhhora |
| but | aadhare |
| by | moolaka |
| despite | aadhare |
| down | kelage |
| during | aaga |
| except | bittu |
| for | adhakkagi |
| from | adharindha |
| in | indha |
| inside | olagindha |
| into | olagindha |
| near | hatthira |
| next | balika |
| of | indha |
| on | mele |
| opposite | viruddha |
| out | horage |
| outside | horagade |
| over | mele |
| per | madhye |
| plus | matthu |
| round | gola |
| since | indha |
| than | mele |
| through | indha |
| till | alliyavaregu |
| to | indha |
| toward | sameepa |
| under | kelage |
| unlike | adhannu bittu |
| until | alliyavaregu |
| up | mele |
| via | indha |
| with | jothe |
| within | olagindha |
| without | illadhe |
| two words | eradu padhagalu |
| according to | adhakkanusaravagi |
| because of | adhakkagi |
| close to | adhara hatthira |
| due to | addhakkagi |
| except for | adhannu biitu |
| far from | adhrindha dhoora |
| inside of | adhara olage |
| instead of | adannu bittu |
| near to | adhara hatthira |
| next to | adhara balika |
| outside of | adharindha horage |
| prior to | addhakintha hindhe |
| three words | mooru padhagalu |
| as far as | eevaregu |
| as well as | atharindha |
| in addition to | athara jothege |
| in front of | athara mundhe |
| in spite of | athagyu |
| on behalf of | adhakkagi |
| on top of | adhara mele |
| demonstrative prepositions | demonstrative prepositions |
| this | idhu |
| that | adhu |
| these | ivu |
| those | avu |
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