Postpositions in Hindi are like prepositions in English but they are placed after the noun.
The noun in front of the postposition is always in the indirect case.
The use of postpositions makes it possible to express the "missing"
cases in Hindi.
| nominative | larki | the girl | (direct case) |
| genitive | |||
| s, m | larki ka kam | the work of the girl | |
| s, f | larki ki bat | the word of the girl | |
| pl, m | larki ke kam | the works of the girl | |
| pl, f | larki ki baten | the words of the girl | |
| dative | larki ko | to the girl | |
| accusative | |||
| larki | a girl | (direct case) | |
| larki ko | the girl | ||
| vocative | larki | girl! | (direct case) |
| ablative | larki se | from / with / of the girl | |
| agentive | larki ne | the girl | |
| locative | |||
| larki men | in the girl | ||
| larki par | on / upon / after the girl | ||
| larki tak | as far as / as long as / up to the girl |