B09
extended
Context
Space
Distance / Proximity
How near or far is it?
intermediate
Deixis
Spatial distance
Proximity
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 Muttersprache
Deutsch
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
Englisch
Ausprägung
medium
Schwierigkeit
Englisch drückt Entfernung und Nähe mit Adjektiven, Adverbien und Präpositionen aus.
The shop is near the station.
near the station = Nähe/Entfernung
Typische Lernhürde
Lernende verwechseln oft near, close to, far from, nearby und next to.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.