Prepositions with Fixed Cases
స్థిర విభక్తి గల విభక్తి పూర్వకాలు
Some German prepositions always demand the accusative, others always demand the dative, regardless of meaning. Telugu doesn't split this the same way, since its postpositions already carry the case built into the suffix itself.
Grammar Comparison
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
Preposition decides case; in Telugu the suffix IS the postposition
für den Mann (accusative, 'for the man') / mit dem Mann (dative, 'with the man')
మనిషి కోసం (for) / మనిషితో (with) — the case-like meaning is fused into one postposition suffix
Telugu postpositions like -తో ('with') or కోసం ('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
పదజాలం
- Telugu
- కోసంkosam
- English
- for
- Telugu
- ద్వారాdwaaraa
- English
- through
- Telugu
- లేకుండాlekunda
- English
- without
- Telugu
- కి వ్యతిరేకంగాki vyatirekamga
- English
- against
- Telugu
- చుట్టూchuttoo
- English
- around / at (time)
- Telugu
- -తో-tho
- English
- with
- Telugu
- తర్వాత / వైపుtarvaatha / vaipu
- English
- after / to
- Telugu
- దగ్గరdaggara
- English
- at / near
- Telugu
- మొదలుmodalu
- English
- since
- Telugu
- నుండిnundi
- English
- from / of
- Telugu
- -కి-ki
- English
- to