| A postposition can thus merge into the stem of a head noun, developing various forms depending on the phonological shape of the stem. |
| Germanic, Romance, Celtic, Semitic, and auxiliary languages generally have a definite article, sometimes used as a postposition. |
| The postposition manzi 'from inside' follows its object Tayri. |
| Circumpositional phrases involve both a preposition and a postposition, whereby the complement appears between the two. |
| The distinction between a case and a postposition is often based on arbitrary and superficial criteria. |
| The Hittite preverb or postposition menahhanda 'opposite, against, vis-a-vis, facing, toward', sometimes spelled Sumerographically as IGI-an-da, is well attested from OS on. |
