About Prepositions / Postpositions = విభక్తులు in Telugu

 VibhaktiPratyayaalu(Prepositions / Postpositions) are useful to coordinate the relationship between verb and subject. Pratyayalu are also used to bring an original form of a word when they are added to a word as a suffix. For example, ‘ramu’ becomes ‘ramudu’ when added the prathamavibhaktipratyay‘du’.

The Telugu language uses postpositions instead of prepositions, unlike in English. There are eight cases -విభక్తులు / Vibhakthulu/ Prepositions- in the Telugu language.

Sl. No.	Telugu	English	Significance	Usual Suffixes / terminations	Transliteration of Suffixes
-I-	PrathamāVibhakti-ప్రథమా విభక్తి-	Nominative Case	Subject of sentence	డు, ము, వు, లు	ḍu, mu, vu, lu
-II-	DvitīyāVibhakti-ద్వితీయా విభక్తి-	Accusative Case	Object of action	ని, ను, లను, గూర్చి, గురించి	ni, nu, lanu, gurci, guriṃci
-III-	TrutīyāVibhakti-తృతీయా విభక్తి-	Instrumental Case	Means by which action is done -Instrumental-, Association, or means by which action is done -Social-	చేత, చే, తోడ, తో	chaetha, chae, thōḍa -with-, tho
-IV-	Chaturthi Vibhakti-చతుర్థి విభక్తి-	Dative Case	Object to whom action is performed, Object for whom action is performed	కొరకు, కై	koraku, kai -for, for the sake of-
-V-	PanchamīVibhakti-పంచమీ విభక్తి-	Ablative Case	Motion from an animate/inanimate object	వలన, కంటె, పట్టి	valana, kaṃṭe-than-, paṭṭi-from-
-VI-	ShashthīVibhakti-షష్ఠీ విభక్తి-	Genitive Case	Possessive	కి, కు, యొక్క, లో, లోపల	ki, ku, yokka, lō, lōpala
-VII-	SaptamīVibhakti-సప్తమీ విభక్తి-	Locative Case	Place in which, On the person of -animate- in the presence of	అందు, న	aṃdu, na
-VIII-	SambodhanāPrathamāVibhakti-సంబోధనా ప్రథమా విభక్తి-	Vocative Case	Addressing, calling	ఓ, ఓయీ, ఓరీ, ఓసీ	ō, ōee, ōree, ōsee