Case / Suffix Sticker
What sign sticks to the word?
معنی
A visible marker attached to a word that shows role, relation, number, tense, person, case, direction, or other grammatical function.
اسے کیسے پہچانیں
Look for small endings that change the word's role or meaning.
مثالیں
-s|-ed|-ing|case endings|plural endings
dogs|walked|house's
The teacher corrected the students' essays.
Visual guide
word + suffix sticker --------------------- dog + -s -> dogs walk + -ed -> walked house + 's -> house's ending = grammar signal
Same job, different coding no ending: dog (context) word: plural marker + dog suffix: dog + -s -> dogs many endings can encode: role, number, time, person
زبان کا جائزہ
آپ کی مادری زبان میں
Urdu uses postpositions and oblique forms for many case-like functions.
لڑکے نے کتے کو دیکھا۔
Boy ERG dog ACC saw.
آپ کی سیکھی جانے والی زبان میں
English has very little case marking, mainly in pronouns and possessive forms.
She saw him.
he/him = limited case marking in pronouns
Learners from case-rich languages may expect noun endings; learners from case-poor languages may still confuse he/him.
Usually lighter in your learning language
Do not over-transfer this pattern from your own language. It is often less explicit in your learning language.