The tails of place: "opposite the mosque", "beyond the bridge"
Exact place is built as a pair: the landmark, then ke, then the tail. Masjid ke saamne — opposite the mosque. Pul ke paar — beyond the bridge. Gali ke aakhir tak — up to the end of the lane. For example: “مسجد کے سامنے چوراہا ہے” — Opposite the mosque there is a crossroads. A rule from the Urdu course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Exact place is built as a pair: the landmark, then ke, then the tail. Masjid ke saamne — opposite the mosque. Pul ke paar — beyond the bridge. Gali ke aakhir tak — up to the end of the lane.
The ke is the same possession tail you know: it glues the tail to the landmark. The whole pair then stands where the preposition would stand in English — only after the word.
The tails are few and cover the whole map: saamne. Opposite. peeche — behind. upar — above. neeche — below. ke paas — near. se door — far from. Learn them with a landmark attached and the city opens up.
Table
| English | Urdu | reading |
|---|---|---|
| opposite the mosque | مسجد کے سامنے | masjid ke saamne |
| beyond the bridge | پل کے پار | pul ke paar |
| up to the end of the lane | گلی کے آخر تک | gali ke aakhir tak |
| near the shop | دکان کے پاس | dukaan ke paas |
| above the door | دروازے کے اوپر | darwaze ke upar |
By example
- مسجد کے سامنے چوراہا ہےmasdzhid ke samne chauraha haiOpposite the mosque there is a crossroads
- پل کے پار گاؤں ہےpul ke par gaon haiBeyond the bridge there is a village
- گلی کے آخر تک پیدل جاؤgali ke akhir tak paidl dzhaoWalk on foot to the end of the lane
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
The tails of place: how does it work in Urdu?
Exact place is built as a pair: the landmark, then ke, then the tail. Masjid ke saamne — opposite the mosque. Pul ke paar — beyond the bridge. Gali ke aakhir tak — up to the end of the lane.
What does it look like in a Urdu example sentence?
“مسجد کے سامنے چوراہا ہے” (masdzhid ke samne chauraha hai) — Opposite the mosque there is a crossroads. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.