Chapter 7.3 Prepositions
Prepositions of location in Tamil are used along with the proper case suffixes. Pakkam/பக்கம் is used to describe the side. Right side would be வலது பக்கம்/Valathu pakkam and Left side would be இடது பக்கம்/Idathu pakkam.
| English Preposition | Tamil Preposition |
|---|---|
| And | மற்றும் [matrum] (in spoken உம் is used as a case suffix also) |
| Above/Over | மேலே [mele] |
| Under/Below | கீழே [keezhe] |
| Before | முன்பு [munpu] |
| After | பின்பு/பின்னால்/பிரகு [pinpu] |
| In front of | முன்னால் [munnāl] |
| Behind | பின்னால் [pinnāl] |
| Far from | தூரம் [thooram] |
| Near | பக்கம்/அருகில் [pakkam] |
| In/at | +இல் [il] (use as suffix) |
| Inside | உள்ளெ [ulle] |
| Outside | வெளியெ [veliye] |
| With | +உடன் [utan] (use as suffix) |
| Without | இல்லமல் [illāmal] |
| About | ஏறத்தாழ [eraththāzha] |
| Between | இடையே [itaiye] |
| But | ஆனல் [ānāl] |
| For | +க்கு [ikku] (use as suffix) |
| From | +இல்லிருந்து [Il irundhu] (use as suffix) |
| To | வரை [varai] |
| Next to | அடுத்து [aduthu] |
