Namaste class,

In our last Hindi class, we went through lesson 13 “Our School” of the Hindi Prabhaat. I went through the lesson and translated the words. I assigned lesson 6 on page 145 for homework.

I wrote the following postpositions on the board:

के सामने – in front of
के पीछे – behind
के साथ – with
के नीचे – below
के ऊपर – above
के पास – near
के लिए – for
के बाद – after
के पहले – before

Also, when certain pronouns are followed by postpositions, they are inflected or changed. That is:

यह changes to इस when followed by a postposition
वह changes to उस when followed by a postposition
ये changes to इन when followed by a postposition
वे changes to उन when followed by a postposition

For example:
यह घर (this house), but
इस घर में (in this house)

वह कलम (that pen), but
उस कलम से (with that pen)

ये आम (these mangoes), but
इन आमों के पास (near these mangoes)

वे पेड़ (those trees), but
उन पेड़ों के नीचे (below those trees)

Regards,
Vasudev.