B09
extended
Context
Space
Distance / Proximity
How near or far is it?
intermediate
Deixis
Spatial distance
Proximity
المعنى
Relative distance between speaker, listener, participant, place, or event.
طريقة التعرّف عليه
Notice words that encode near, far, this side, that side, here, there.
أمثلة
كلمات
near|far|here|there|this|that
عبارات
this house|that mountain|over there
جملة
This cafe is near the station.
Visual guide
Basic shape
ANCHOR = speaker/listener/place
near: here, this cafe
distance grows ->
far: there, that mountain
Ask: how near/far?
Compare shape
Distance systems: 2-way: this/here | that/there 3-way: near me | near you | far richer: visible? uphill? inside? social distance may choose form
نظرة على اللغة
في اللغة الأم
عربي
مدى الظهور
medium
الأهمية
Arabic has clear near/far demonstrative contrasts and deictic words, with gender and number in formal forms.
هذا قريب وذلك بعيد.
This is near and that is far.
في اللغة قيد التعلم
إنجليزي
مدى الظهور
medium
الصعوبة
English expresses distance and proximity with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions.
The shop is near the station.
near the station = proximity
مشكلة شائعة للمتعلّمين
Learners may confuse near, close to, far from, nearby, and next to.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.