Adverbs of Place

Where?

සිංහලෙන්

• The kids are playing outside.
• Come in!
• I looked everywhere.
• They built a house nearby.
• My sister works abroad.
• I'll go upstairs and get it.

here and there

• here = near me / towards me
• there = away from me

here / there

සිංහලෙන්

• Come here!
• Put it there.
• What are you doing up there?
• Come over here and look at this!

At the start of a sentence, here and there are great for pointing things out:

Pointing things out

සිංහලෙන්

• Here comes the bus!
• There it is!
• Here they are!

Notice the word order: with a noun, the verb comes first (Here comes the bus). With a pronoun, it doesn't (Here it comes).

The -where words

somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, everywhere follow the same rules as someone / anyone.

-where

සිංහලෙන්

• I want to go somewhere warm this holiday.
• Is there anywhere good to eat around here?
• I have nowhere to go.

Direction: -wards and others

Direction

සිංහලෙන්

• The balloon drifted upwards.
• The river flows downhill to the sea.
• We're going home.

Adverb or preposition?

Many of these words (in, on, off, down, around, behind, over) can be adverbs (alone) or prepositions (with a noun after them):

Same word, two jobs

සිංහලෙන්

• Let's get off at the next stop.adverb
• The wind blew the flowers off the tree.preposition
• Hurry up, you're falling behind!adverb
• Let's hide behind the house.preposition

Quick check

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1. What time are you going ?

   to homehome

2. Here !

   comes the busthe bus comes

3. I couldn't find my keys .

   anywheresomewhere

4. My cousin wants to study .

   abroadto abroad