The Preposition Rules-Part-03

6.3 The Preposition Rules-Part-03

The Preposition

Off

1. Off āĻŽā§āϞāϤāσ Adverb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ Preposition āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϞāĨ¤

2. āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻ˜ā§‡āρāώ⧇ āύ⧟, āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ - Take the chair off the room. Keep off the plant.

3. āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ - Take the shoes off your feet.

4. āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāϤāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ -The patient is off his meal. For some reasons, he is off his jovial mood.

5. āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ -We went off the shore.

Near āύāĻŋāĻ•āĻŸā§‡

Near + āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ•āĻŸā§‡ He lives near the sea/ the college/Taltala market.

Towards āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

Towards + āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ -- He went towards the sea/ the college/Taltala market.

Between/Among āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇

āĻĻ⧁āχ āϜāύ⧇āϰ/āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻž āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāώ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ between āĻŦāϏ⧇ āφāϰ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϞ⧇ among āĻŦāϏ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: a. ‘B’ comes between A and C.    b. He divided the money between the two children.

Along (āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ)

1. āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻ–āύ along āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:--We walked along the road.

2. along (āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇) āϝāĻ–āύ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻ–āύ along āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤

āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:- A small river goes along the river.

Round/Around(āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇)

1. round/around+Noun/Pronoun āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇  āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: The earth moves round the sun.

/ They were all sitting round the table.

2. around+ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§Ÿ  āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:----It is around 8 o’clock.

Past āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ 

Past+------ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡  āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:----He walked past me without talking.

Beside(āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇)

Beside + Noun/Pronoun āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:--āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ - He sat beside me.

In front of(āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇) /Behind(āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇)

Infront of+Noun/Pronoun āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ Behind +Noun/Pronoun āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:- He sat in front of me but hehind you.

Under(āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡)

1. āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ -We took rest under a banyan tree. / Keep the bag under the table.

2. āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻ…āϧ⧀āύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇-I am doing under Mr. Robert. / Try to keep the boy under control.

3. āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻžāĻŽāϞ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ -Were we in peace under British rules?

4.  āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ -He can work hard under pressure. Your proposal was under consideration.

5.  āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇-Under the term, he would be punished if he fails to repay.

6. āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ -Most of the ice berg is under the water. / Under the mountain, there is a network of caves.

7. āύāĻŋāĻ•āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ -There is a village under the hill.

8. āĻŦ⧟āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ-Many children under five go to nursery school. / If you are under 6, you can buy half rail tickets.

9. āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ, āĻĻ⧁āϰāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ-It is under a mile from here to the post office. / It took us under an hour to reach.

10. āĻĒāĻĻ⧇āϰ (rank) āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ- No one under the rank of captain enters the room.

11. āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžāϤ⧇ - The whole village is under water.

12. āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ Expression āĻ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ:-- under repair, under construction(āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāϧ⧀āύ), under consideration(āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻžāϧ⧀āύ), under arms(āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϏāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ), under trial (āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻžāϧ⧀āύ), under sentence(āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ)