Relative Positions

Question 1

here (near the speaker)

Answer 1

මෙතන (methənə)

Question 2

there (near the listener)

Answer 2

ඔතන (othənə)

Question 3

there (away from both the speaker and listener, but they can see the place)

Answer 3

අතන (athənə)

Question 4

there (away from both the speaker and listener, and they cannot see the place)

Answer 4

එතන (ethənə)

Question 5

this child / these children (near the speaker) - the same pattern for inanimate nouns

Answer 5

මේ ළමය (mē laməya) / මේ ළමයි (mē lamayi)

Question 6

that child / those children (near the listener) - the same pattern for inanimate nouns

Answer 6

ඔය ළමය (oyə laməya) / ඔය ළමයි (oyə lamayi)

Question 7

that child / those children (away from both the speaker and listener, but they can see the child/children) - the same pattern for inanimate nouns

Answer 7

අර ළමය (arə laməya) / අර ළමයි (arə lamayi)

Question 8

that child / those children (away from both the speaker and listener, and they cannot see the child/children) - the same pattern for inanimate nouns

Answer 8

ඒ ළමය (ē laməya) / ඒ ළමයි (ē lamayi)

Question 9

(s)he/they(animate) (near the speaker)

Answer 9

මෙයා/මෙයාල (meyā/meyāla)

Question 10

you(singualar)/you(plural) (near the listener)

Answer 10

ඔයා/ඔයාල (oyā/oyāla)

Question 11

(s)he/they(animate) (away from both the speaker and listener, but they can see the person/people)

Answer 11

අරය/අරයල ( arəya/arəyəla)

Question 12

(s)he/they(animate) (away from both the speaker and listener, and they cannot see the person/people)

Answer 12

එයා/එයාල (eyā/eyāla)

Question 13

it/they(inanimate) (near the speaker)

Answer 13

මේක/මේව (mēkə/mēva)

Question 14

it/they(inanimate) (near the listener)

Answer 14

ඕක/ඕව (ōkə/ōva)

Question 15

it/they(inanimate) (away from both the speaker and listener, but they can see the thing/things)

Answer 15

අරක/අරව (arəkə/arəva)

Question 16

it/they(inanimate) (away from both the speaker and listener, and they cannot see the thing/things)

Answer 16

ඒක/ඒව (ēkə/ēva)