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Examples of “postposition” in a Sentence

3 example sentences showing how to use postposition, grouped by meaning.

noun A word placed after the noun it relates to, doing the job a preposition does before a noun.

  • In some languages the equivalent of 'in the house' is built by putting the postposition after 'house' rather than before it.
  • Linguists studying Japanese often point to its postpositions as a key structural feature.
  • A postposition can mark case or direction in the same way an English preposition does.