Uses of Preposition

 Uses of common preposition!

āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে āĻ¸āĻ িāĻ• Preposition āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°া āĻŦেāĻļ āĻ•āĻ িāĻ¨, āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖ Preposition-āĻāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°াāĻ¯় āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤িāĻŸি āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ°ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ¤িāĻ•্āĻ°āĻŽ āĻ°āĻ¯়েāĻ›ে। āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•িāĻ›ু Preposition āĻļেāĻ–াāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°্āĻŦোāĻ¤্āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻ‰āĻĒাāĻ¯় āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¤াāĻ°া āĻ•ীāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে common expression-āĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ¤া āĻœেāĻ¨ে āĻ¨েāĻ“ā§Ÿা। Use of some common prepositions-āĻ āĻ¸ে āĻŦিāĻˇā§Ÿে āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖা āĻ¨েāĻŦ। āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯াāĻ¨্āĻ¯ Preposition āĻ—ুāĻ˛িāĻ•ে appropriate preposition āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ¸্āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ°াāĻ–āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে।

During:

During āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯়āĻ•াāĻ˛ (duration of time)  āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻĻেāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ে। āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯়āĻ•াāĻ˛েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻāĻ•āĻŸি āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻĻিāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯়ে āĻ˜āĻŸে āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ•ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯় ‘during’ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ি।

Example:

  • I met Rahi during my stay in Dhaka. [āĻĸাāĻ•াā§Ÿ āĻĨাāĻ•াāĻ•াāĻ˛ীāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ°াāĻšিāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ি। (āĻāĻŸি ‘āĻĸাāĻ•াā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨’ āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯āĻŸি āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻĻেāĻļিāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯়েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ¯াāĻ¯়ে āĻ˜āĻŸেāĻ›িāĻ˛)]।
  • We went to Sweden during the winter.
  • During our vacation, we visited many relatives in America

From:

From-āĻāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨ ’āĻšāĻ¤ে’ āĻŦা ’āĻĨেāĻ•ে’।

Example:

  • He came from America
  • Where are you from? I am from Bangladesh.

Common usage of ‘from’:

  • from a time to a time: He lived in America from 2010 to 2020.
  • from a place to a place: They drove from Rajshahi to Dhaka.

’From’ preposition-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻœাāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া ‘from’ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ—āĻ িāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸা common expression āĻœেāĻ¨ে āĻ°াāĻ–āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ি। āĻāĻŸা āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে: from time to time. ’From time to time’-āĻāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨ āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে (occasionally āĻŦা sometimes). āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•াāĻœ āĻ¨িā§ŸāĻŽিāĻ¤āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে āĻ•āĻ°া āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ from time to time expression-āĻŸি āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°া āĻ¯াā§Ÿ।

Example:

  • His daughters visited him from time to time when he was in Delhi.
  • We visit the historical museum from time to time.

Out of:

āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻšিāĻ° āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻŦা āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦাāĻšিāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ•ে āĻŦুāĻাāĻ¨োāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ ‘out of’ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

Example:

  • He walked out of the room when I found him.
  • He pulled a letter for me out of his shirt pocket.

Common usage of ‘out of’:

  • Out of + noun- āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ¨া āĻĨাāĻ•া

Example:

  • Rahi went to the store because he was out of salt / milk.
  • I am out of ink. So I can’t write anymore.

’Out of’ preposition-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻœাāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া ‘out of’ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ—āĻ িāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯়, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ু expression āĻœেāĻ¨ে āĻ°াāĻ–āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ি।

a. out of + place – āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ে āĻ¨া āĻĨাāĻ•া: Mr. Rahi is out of the town, so you will not get him.

b. out of date -āĻĒুāĻ°াāĻ¤āĻ¨ (old): Don’t use this book. It is out of date.

c. out of work – āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•াāĻœ āĻ¨া āĻĨাāĻ•া (jobless; unemployed): Rahi has been very unhappy because he has been out of work.

d. out of the question – āĻ…āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ (impossible): Your request for money is out of the question.

e. out of order – āĻ িāĻ•āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻ•াāĻœ āĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°া (not functioning properly)=We had to use my friend’s mobile phone because ours was out of order.

By:

āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻ¨āĻ¤: ’by’-āĻāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨ ‘āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻĒাāĻļ āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻ¯াāĻ“ā§Ÿা’ āĻŦা ’āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻœাā§ŸāĻ—া āĻĒেāĻ°িā§Ÿে āĻ¯াāĻ“ā§Ÿা’।

Example:

  • We walked by the post office on the way home.
  • They walked by me when I was sitting there.

By-āĻāĻ° āĻ†āĻ°েāĻ•āĻŸি āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨ āĻšāĻ˛ো: āĻ¨িāĻ•āĻŸে, āĻĒাāĻļে, āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ­ৃāĻ¤ি।

Example:

  • You sit by me and listen to what I am saying.
  • Please bring the book what I kept by the window.

Common usage of ‘by’:

a. by – Passive voice-āĻ āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•াāĻ°ো āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা, āĻ˛েāĻ–া āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ­ৃāĻ¤ি। The report was written by Abid.

b. by + āĻ¸ুāĻ¨িāĻĻিāĻ°্āĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ (specific time) – āĻ¸ুāĻ¨িāĻĻিāĻ°্āĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ে āĻŦা āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে, āĻĒāĻ°ে āĻ¨ā§Ÿ। We usually eat launch by one o’clock.

c. by bus / train / plane / car / bike / ship – āĻāĻ• āĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ে āĻ¯াāĻŦাāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ¯ে āĻŽাāĻ§্āĻ¯āĻŽ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°া āĻšā§Ÿ (mode of travel). We travelled to Delhi by train.

’By’ preposition-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ°āĻ—ুāĻ˛ি āĻœাāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া ‘by’ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ—āĻ িāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯়, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ু common expression-āĻāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻœেāĻ¨ে āĻ°াāĻ–āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ি।

a. by then – āĻ­āĻŦিāĻˇāĻ¤ āĻŦা āĻ…āĻ¤ীāĻ¤েāĻ° āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¨িāĻĻিāĻ°্āĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ŸেāĻ° āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŦে āĻŦা āĻ†āĻ—ে, āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻĒāĻ°ে āĻ¨ā§Ÿ, (before a time in the future or past). I will graduate from Dhaka university in 2022. By then, I hope to find a job.

b. by way of – āĻšāĻ‡ā§Ÿা (via). They will come to our country by way of India.

c. By the way – āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—āĻ¤: (incidentally). By the way, I would like to let you know that I have got a good job.

d. by far – āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻŦা āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻ¤ুāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ•াāĻ°ো āĻŦা āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°ি, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸি āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸা āĻ­াāĻ˛ āĻŦা āĻ–াāĻ°াāĻĒ āĻ¤া āĻŦুāĻাāĻ¨োāĻ° āĻšেāĻˇ্āĻŸা āĻ•āĻ°ি ‘By far’ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ে। This book is by far the best to learn English.

e. by accident – āĻĻুāĻ°্āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨াāĻŦāĻļāĻ¤:, āĻ­ূāĻ˛āĻŦāĻļāĻ¤:, āĻ‡āĻš্āĻ›াāĻ•ৃāĻ¤āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ¨ā§Ÿ (accidentally, not intentionally). He spilled the coffee on the floor by accident.

In:

āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻ¨āĻ¤: ’in’-āĻāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨ ‘ āĻ†āĻŦāĻĻ্āĻ§ āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ° āĻ­েāĻ¤āĻ°ে āĻŦা āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে’। In āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে out-āĻāĻ° āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ°ীāĻ¤।

Example:

  • Mr. Rahi is in his office.
  • Faruk is in the bedroom.

In preposition-āĻāĻ° āĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ¤ীā§Ÿ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে āĻŦā§œ āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻļāĻšāĻ° / āĻ¨āĻ—āĻ°েāĻ° āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŦে ‘in’ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

Example:

  • Rahi lives in Dhaka / Delhi.

Common usage of ‘in’:

a. in a room / drawer / building / closet= āĻ­িāĻ¤āĻ°ে (inside). Your application is in the drawer.

b. in + month / year: His birthday is in December.

c. in time – āĻ¸āĻŽā§ŸāĻŽāĻ¤, āĻĻেāĻ°ীāĻ¤ে āĻ¨ā§Ÿ (not late, early enough). They arrived at the airport in time.

d. in the street – āĻ°াāĻ¸্āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŦা āĻŽাāĻāĻ–াāĻ¨ে। Everybody should tell their kids not to play in the street.

e. in the morning / afternoon / evening. He went there in the morning.

f. in the future / past – āĻ­āĻŦিāĻˇāĻ¤ে āĻŦা āĻ…āĻ¤ীāĻ¤ে। In the past, learning English was not compulsory, but it is today.

g. in the beginning / end – āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻŦা āĻļেāĻˇে। In the beginning learning English seemed difficult, but in the end it seems easy.

h. in the way – āĻĒāĻĨিāĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŦা āĻšāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻĒāĻĨে āĻŦা āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ে। āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻšāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻ—েāĻ˛ে āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে āĻ¯ে, in the way āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ ’āĻĒāĻĨে’ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•োāĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦāĻ°্āĻŖāĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯, āĻ¯া āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¤ে āĻŦাāĻ§া āĻĻেāĻ¯়। He could not go to that room because there was a table in the way. Don’t leave your suitcase here. It is in the way of other passengers.

i. once in a while – āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে (occasionally āĻŦা sometimes). āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•াāĻœ āĻ¨িāĻ¯়āĻŽিāĻ¤āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে āĻ•āĻ°া āĻšāĻ¯়, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ once in a while āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°া āĻ¯াāĻ¯়। Once in a while, we go to visit my sister in Dhaka.

j. in no time – āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ…āĻ˛্āĻĒ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿে (in a very short time). Rafi finished his writing a report in no time at all.

k. in the meantime= āĻ‡āĻ¤িāĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŦা āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿে (at the same time, meanwhile). Rakib passed the SSC Examination and in the meantime he learnt spoken English.

l. in the middle – āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŦা āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে। Peter stood in the middle of the room. He is in the middle of my study.

m. in the event that – āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸা āĻ˜āĻŸে āĻ¯াā§Ÿ (if it happens). In the event that you get a job, you please let me know.

n. in case – āĻ¯āĻĻি (if). In case I can’t get back in time, you give me a call.

On:

āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻ¨āĻ¤: ’on’-āĻāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨ ‘āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ°, āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻ¯াāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻĨাāĻ•āĻŦে, āĻ¤া āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻˇে (contact) āĻĨাāĻ•ে। āĻāĻ›াā§œা āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ–াā§œা āĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ˛েāĻ° (wall) āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻˇে āĻĨাāĻ•āĻ˛েāĻ“ ’on’ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

Example:

  • The books are on the table.
  • There is a clock on the wall.

Common usage of ‘on’:

a. on a day / date: I will visit you on Sunday. His birthday is on May 25.

b. on a / the bus / train / plane / bike / ship: My brother is already on the plane. They came to college on the bus.

c. on the floor of a building: Mr. Rafiq lives on the tenth floor of that building.

’On’ preposition-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻœাāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া ‘on’ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ—āĻ িāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯়, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ু common expression āĻœেāĻ¨ে āĻ°াāĻ–āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ি।

a. on time – āĻ িāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿে। In spite of bad weather, our plane left on time.

b. on the corner – āĻ•োāĻ¨াā§Ÿ āĻŦা āĻ•āĻ°্āĻ¨াāĻ°ে। They live on the corner of Nazrul Islam avenue.

c. on the sidewalk – āĻ°াāĻ¸্āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ§াāĻ° āĻŦা āĻĒাāĻļ। Always walk on the sidewalk for your safety.

d. on the way – On the way + place: āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ে āĻ¯াāĻŦাāĻ° āĻĒāĻĨে। āĻāĻ‡ phrase-āĻ•ে āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽে, āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŦা āĻļেāĻˇে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°া āĻ¯াā§Ÿ। They stop at the grocery store on the way to their house. On the way to work, I stopped at the grocery store. I saw Jack on the way to school.

e. on the right / left – āĻĄাāĻ¨ে / āĻŦাāĻŽে। Rafiq sat on the left side of the room and Faruk sat on the right.

f. on television – āĻŸেāĻ˛িāĻ­িāĻļāĻ¨ে। Popular songs will be on television tonight.

g. on the telephone – āĻĢোāĻ¨ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛া āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨাā§Ÿ। He will be here soon. Now he is on the telephone.

h. on the whole – āĻ¸াāĻ°্āĻŦিāĻ•āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦা āĻ¸াāĻŽāĻ—্āĻ°িāĻ•āĻ­াāĻŦে (in general). On the whole he did good in his examination.

i. on the other hand – āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻĒāĻ•্āĻˇে। Rahi is not happy with what he has; on the other hand Faruk is.

j. on sale – āĻ•āĻŽāĻĻাāĻŽে āĻŦিāĻ•্āĻ°ā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ…āĻĢাāĻ° (sale offer at lower price than normal). The regular price of this pair of shoes is 14 hundred taka, but today it’s on sale for 10 hundred.

k. on foot – āĻĒাā§Ÿে āĻšেāĻŸে (walking). I usually go to school on foot.

At:

At āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻŦা āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻ¤ুāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻĻেāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯়। āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨাā§Ž āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻŦা āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻ¤ু āĻ•োāĻĨাā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ে, āĻ¤া āĻœাāĻ¨াāĻ¨োāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ at āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

Example:

  • Rahi is at home. Rafiq is at school.

Common usage of ‘at’:

a. at + an address

b. at + a specific time (clock time)

Example:

  • Rafiq lives at Shahjadpur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh.
  • Rafiq will come here at 3 pm

At preposition-āĻāĻ° āĻ†āĻ°েāĻ•āĻŸি āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে address-āĻāĻ° āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ›াā§œাāĻ“ āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¨াāĻŽুāĻ˛āĻ• āĻ›োāĻŸ āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻļāĻšāĻ° āĻŦা āĻ—্āĻ°াāĻŽ-āĻ—āĻž্āĻœেāĻ° āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŦে  ‘at’ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšৃāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯়।

Example:

  • You can enjoy the beauty of Nature if you go at Hakimpur village.

’At’ preposition-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻœাāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া ‘at’ āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ—āĻ িāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯়, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ু common expression āĻœেāĻ¨ে āĻ°াāĻ–āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ি।

a. at night – āĻ°াāĻ¤্āĻ°ীāĻ¤ে। I never go out anywhere at night.

b. at least – āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•্āĻˇে। I need to spend at least 500 taka per month for learning English.

c. at once – āĻ•োāĻ¨āĻ°ুāĻĒ āĻĻেāĻ°ী āĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°ে (immediately). Please go there at once. He is in trouble.

d. at present / at the moment – āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻŦা āĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤āĻŽাāĻ¨ে (now). He is playing at the moment.

e. at times – āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে (occasionally). At times it is difficult to understand him.

f. at first – āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻŦা āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻ•ে। At first he felt nervous to speak English, but now he can speak English fluently.

g. good at + subject – āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻŦিāĻˇā§Ÿে āĻŦা āĻ•্āĻˇেāĻ¤্āĻ°ে āĻ­াāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা। Rahi is good at English.

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