Prepositions with Fixed Cases
நிலையான வேற்றுமை கொண்ட முன்னிடைச்சொற்கள்
Some German prepositions always demand the accusative, others always demand the dative, regardless of meaning. Tamil doesn't split this the same way, since its postpositions already carry the case built into the suffix itself.
Grammar Comparison
இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு
Preposition decides case; in Tamil the suffix IS the postposition
für den Mann (accusative, 'for the man') / mit dem Mann (dative, 'with the man')
மனிதனுக்காக (for) / மனிதனுடன் (with) — the case-like meaning is fused into one postposition word
Tamil postpositions like -உடன் ('with') or -காக ('for') already encode both the relationship and any case-like meaning in a single 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
சொற்கள்
| German | Pronunciation | Tamil | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| für (+ Akk.) | fuer | -க்காக-kkāga | for |
| durch (+ Akk.) | doorkh | வழியாகvaḻiyāga | through |
| ohne (+ Akk.) | OH-neh | இல்லாமல்illāmal | without |
| gegen (+ Akk.) | GAY-gen | எதிராகedhirāga | against |
| um (+ Akk.) | oom | சுற்றிsuṟṟi | around / at (time) |
| mit (+ Dat.) | mit | -உடன்-uḍan | with |
| nach (+ Dat.) | nahkh | பிறகு / நோக்கிpiṟagu / nōkki | after / to |
| bei (+ Dat.) | by | அருகில்arugil | at / near |
| seit (+ Dat.) | zyt | முதல்mudhal | since |
| von (+ Dat.) | fon | இருந்துirundhu | from / of |
| zu (+ Dat.) | tsoo | -க்கு-kku | to |