Gujarati grammar
Gujarati postpositions
Gujarati attaches short postpositions to the noun, and the possessive postposition changes form to agree with the noun's gender.
in
-માં
-māṁ
e.g. ઘરમાં (gharmāṁ) — "in the house."
to/for
-ને
-nē
e.g. મને (manē) — "to me / for me."
from/with/by
-થી
-thī
e.g. ઘરથી (gharthī) — "from the house."
with (accompaniment)
-સાથે
-sāthē
e.g. મારી સાથે (mārī sāthē) — "with me."
of (possessive)
-નો / -ની / -નું
-no / -nī / -nuṁ
Agrees with the noun it describes, e.g. રામનું ઘર (Rāmnuṁ ghar) — "Ram's house."
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Gujarati negation — નથી vs. નહીં
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Gujarati question words
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