Distance / Proximity
Deixis
Spatial distance
Proximity
How near or far is it?
extended
intermediate
Context
Bedeutung
Relative distance between speaker, listener, participant, place, or event.
So erkennst Du es
Notice words that encode near, far, this side, that side, here, there.
Beispiele
Wörter
near|far|here|there|this|that
Ausdrücke
this house|that mountain|over there
Satz
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
Sprachansicht
In deiner Sprache
German (standard)
Ausprägung
medium
Bedeutung
German uses demonstratives and place adverbs such as hier, da and dort.
Dieses Buch ist hier.
This book is here.
In deiner Lernsprache
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Ausprägung
medium
Schwierigkeit
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.
Typische Lernhürde
Learners may ignore gender and number in demonstratives.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.