Prepositions with Fixed Cases
ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ ವಿಭಕ್ತಿಯ ಪೂರ್ವಪದಗಳು
Some German prepositions always demand the accusative, others always demand the dative, regardless of meaning. Kannada doesn't split this the same way, since its postpositions already carry the case built into the word or suffix itself.
Grammar Comparison
ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ
Preposition decides case; in Kannada the suffix IS the postposition
für den Mann (accusative, 'for the man') / mit dem Mann (dative, 'with the man')
ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗಾಗಿ (for) / ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಜೊತೆ (with) — the case-like meaning is fused into one postposition word
Kannada postpositions like ಜೊತೆ ('with') or -ಗಾಗಿ ('for') already encode both the relationship and any case-like meaning in a single word or suffix — there's no separate 'which case' decision to make. German splits this into two layers: first pick the preposition (für, mit, ohne...), and that preposition then forces a specific case onto the noun that follows, whether or not the meaning has anything to do with direct action. Memorize each preposition together with the case it demands, the way you memorized each noun's article.
Vocabulary
ಪದಗಳು
- Kannada
- -ಗಾಗಿ-gaagi
- English
- for
- Kannada
- ಮೂಲಕmoolaka
- English
- through
- Kannada
- ಇಲ್ಲದೆillade
- English
- without
- Kannada
- ವಿರುದ್ಧviruddha
- English
- against
- Kannada
- ಸುತ್ತsutta
- English
- around / at (time)
- Kannada
- ಜೊತೆjote
- English
- with
- Kannada
- ನಂತರ / ಕಡೆಗೆnantara / kadege
- English
- after / to
- Kannada
- ಹತ್ತಿರhattira
- English
- at / near
- Kannada
- ಅಂದಿನಿಂದandininda
- English
- since
- Kannada
- -ಇಂದ-inda
- English
- from / of
- Kannada
- -ಗೆ-ge
- English
- to