Hindi puts the preposition after

English says 'in the house'. Hindi says 'house in'.

The question

How do you say 'in the house' in Hindi?

The trick

Hindi words that mean in, on, from, to always come *after* the noun, not before it. Your own language does the same thing, so this is one place where English is the odd one out — not you.

Worked example

1= in —
2= on —
3= from, with, by —
4= to, for (and marks the object) —
5= until, up to —

So: — literally 'house in'

Remember it like this

Hindi word order is the same as your own: who, then what, then the action. — Ram, house, goes. Translate through your mother tongue, not through English, and the sentence builds itself.

In the exam

Adding a postposition changes the noun before it into its oblique form: becomes . Forgetting that change is the most common mistake in translation questions.

Why it works

Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada are all postpositional and all put the verb at the end. English is the exception. A South Indian learner has a real advantage here that nobody ever points out.

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1
'On the table' in Hindi uses which word?
2
'From Delhi' uses which word?
3
Does the postposition come before or after the noun?