Prepositions are used in almost every sentences. They are a great tool to link words with each other. As shown on the image, there are many prepositions to expand the conversation scope. If you learn these words, it would be easy for you to learn the grammar. Preposition describes a relationship between words in a sentence. For example: There is a ball under the table. Here the preposition is "under". I have listed few examples that you might have come across or use very often.
| English sentences | Tamil sentences |
| Book is on the table | putthagam mejai mael ullathu |
| There is a ball in the bag | Paiyil oru pandhu ullathu |
| The train starts at midnight | pugaivandi nalliruval poripaddum |
| I attend the school for 10 days | naan pathu naatkal pallikoodam sendraen |
| Drink milk before sleeping | Urangdum mun paal kudi |
| I want to study | Naan padika vaendum |
| she came out of the house | aval vettai vittu veliyay vandhaal |
| I came by bus | Naan perunthil vandaen |
| go into room | araiyil sellavum |
| I come from Tamilnadu | Naan tamilnaduvil irunthu varukiraen |
| I'll come before 5 o' clock | Naan anja(5) manikku munn varuvaen |
| The cat jumped over the gate | Poonai vaayilkadavin mael kudhidathu |
| The train went through the tunnel | pugaivandi surangappaatai vazhiyaaka sendrathu |
| I took the umbrella as it was raining | mazhai paidhu kondirundhadhaal naan kudaiyay eduthu sendraen |
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