Impersonal pronouns අපුද්ගල සර්වනාම

In many some sentences, you will find the word "it" or the word "there" in the subject position. These are usually "impersonal" sentences, there is no natural subject.

වාක්‍යයක ස්වාභාවික කතෘ කෙනෙක් නොමැති කල අපුද්ගල සර්වනාම යෙදේ.

When to use it භාවිතා කරන අවස්ථාව	Examples උදාහරණ
Talking about weather කාළගුණය ගැන කතා කිරීම	It's raining. It's cold. It was sunny yesterday.
Identifying something යමක් හඳුනාගැනීම	"Who is it?" "It's me." "What is it?" "It's a cat."
Talking about time කාලය ගැන කථා කිරීම	"What time is it?" "It's five o'clock." "What day is it?" "It's Thursday."
Talking about distance දුර ගැන කතා කිරීම	"How far is it to Toronto?" "It's 4000 kilometers."

Impersonal "there" is used to say that something exists in a particular place:

යමක් යම් තැනක තිබෙන බව පැවසීම

Singular	There is a book on the table.
Plural	There are three men in the car.

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