Types of Preposition (सम्बन्ध सूचक-अव्यय के प्रकार)

Types of Preposition
सम्बन्ध सूचक-अव्यय के प्रकार

See also:
Preposition
Kinds
Types
Some Uses

Relations indicated by Prepositions
Prepositions द्वारा प्रकट होने वाले सम्बन्ध

Preposition द्वारा प्रकट होने वाले सम्बन्धों को 9 श्रेणियों में वर्गित किया जा सकता है.
Prepositions can be classified into 9 categories depending on the type of description they provide.

इस बात का ध्यान रखें कि एक ही शब्द एक से अधिक प्रकार से सम्बन्ध दर्शा सकता है - निचे दिये गये एक से अधिक श्रेणी में सम्मेलित हो सकता है.
Keep in mind, that the same word can be used to express more than one type of relationship and hence can be included in more than one of the categories listed below.

1. Place (स्थान)

1.	He ran across the road.
2.	He stood behind the curtain.
3.	The shoes are kept under the table.
4.	She sat beside me.

Prepositions that describe relationship in terms of location or position.
वे सम्बन्ध सूचक-अव्यय शब्द जिन से स्थान का पता चलता है.

2. Time (समय)

1.	Everybody was happy after his graduation
2.	He arrived before me.
3.	The train was behind time.
4.	He will not come until tomorrow.

Prepositions that describe the relation in terms of time.
जब सम्बन्ध सूचक-अव्यय शब्द से समय वाला सम्बन्ध प्रदर्शित होता है तब वे इस श्रेणी में आते हैं.

Words like behind can used to indicate both location and time. The category in which they come will depend on the context in which they are used.

behind जैसे शब्दों का उपयोग दो - स्थान और समय - ओर संकेत करता सकता है. ऐसे शब्द किस श्रेणी में आते हैं इसका फैसला करने के लिये इन्हे किस संदर्भ में उपयोग किया जा रहा है यह परखना जरूरी है.

3. Agency - instrumentality
(द्वारा या साधन)

1.	She sent the parcel by post .
2.	She cut the vegetables with a knife.
3.	I heard the news through my friend.

4. Manner (ढंग)

1.	He fought with courage.
2.	He escaped death by inches

5. Cause, reason, purpose
(कारण या उद्देश्य)

1.	He shivers with fever.
2.	The doctor gave medicine for a cold
3.	She lost her purse through negligence

6. Possession (अधिकार)

1.	The boy with red hair is handsome.
2.	The President of India visited Raipur.

7. Measure (माप), standard (प्रमाण),
rate (दर), value (मान या कीमत)

1.	The bank pays interest at six percent
2.	Cloth is sold by the metre.
3.	I am taller than you by two inches.

8. Contrast (विरोध, अंतर),
concession (विशिष्ट अधिकार)

1.	With all his faults I admire him.
2.	For one enemy he has a hundred friends.

9. Inference (निष्कर्ष), motive (अभिमान आशय), source (मूल या जरिया) or origin (मूल या आरम्भ)

1.	His skill comes from practice.
2.	From what I know, he is a good man.

Adverb

Preposition

Conjunction