In general, we use:
at for a POINT ස්ථානයක
in for an ENCLOSED SPACE තුල
on for a SURFACE මත
| at ස්ථානයක | in තුල | on මත |
| POINT | ENCLOSED SPACE | SURFACE |
| at the corner මුල්ලේ | in the garden වත්තේදී/වත්ත තුල | on the wall බිත්තිය මත |
| at the bus stop බස් නැවතුමේ | in Japan ජපානයේදී | on the ceiling සීලිම මත |
| at the door දොර ලඟදී | in Galle ගාල්ලේදී | on the door දොර මත |
| at the top of the page පිටුවේ ඉහල කෙලවර | in a box පෙට්ටියක් තුල | on the cover කවරය මත |
| at the end of the road පාර අවසානයේදී | in my pocket මගේ සාක්කුව තුල | on the floor බිම මත |
| at the entrance ඇතුල්වන තැනදී | in my wallet මගේ පසුම්බිය තුල | on the carpet කළාලය මත |
| at the crossroads හතරමං හන්දියේදී | in a building ගොඩනැගිල්ලක් තුල | on the table මේසය මත |
| at the school පාසලේදී | in a car කාරයක් තුල | on a page පිටුවක් මත |
Look at these examples:
Sinali is waiting for you at the bus stop. අසල
The shop is at the end of the street. කඩය වීථිය අවසාන වන තැන පිහිටා ඇත.
My plane stopped at HongKong and Tokiyo and arrived in Osaka two hours late.
When will you arrive at the office?
Do you work in an office?
I have a meeting in Kandy.
Do you live in Matara?
Jupiter is in the Solar System.
The author's name is on the cover of the book.
There are no prices on this list.
You are standing on my foot.
There is a "no smoking" sign on the wall.
I live on the 7th floor at 21 Yatinuwara Street in Kandy.
Notice the use of the prepositions of place at, in and on in these standard expressions: පහත සම්මත නිපාත යෙදුම් බලන්න. ඒවා යොදාගන වාක්‍ය සෑදීමට ඔබට පුළුවන්ද ?
| at | in | on |
| at home | in a car | on a bus |
| at work | in a taxi | on a train |
| at school | in a helicopter | on a plane |
| at university | in a boat | on a ship |
| at college | in a lift (elevator) | on a bicycle, on a motorbike |
| at the top | in the newspaper | on a horse, on an elephant |
| at the bottom | in the sky | on the radio, on television |
| at the side | in a row | on the left, on the right |
| at reception | in Oxford Street | on the way |
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