In French, you usually use the preposition of place "sur" to express "on". However, sometimes you will use "dans".
Learn how to use 'dans' instead of 'sur' in French
In the following cases, you cannot use sur (on) in French, but you will instead use dans (in).
Street
In the case of the street, we see the whole environment as 'the street' and you're situated in it.
Transportation
In French, we consider that you are inside the transportation.
Farm
Here in French we consider the farm as a house or a building you live in.
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