Distance / Proximity
How near or far is it?
Signification
Relative distance between speaker, listener, participant, place, or event.
Comment le repérer
Notice words that encode near, far, this side, that side, here, there.
Exemples
near|far|here|there|this|that
this house|that mountain|over there
This cafe is near the station.
Visual guide
ANCHOR = speaker/listener/place
near: here, this cafe
distance grows ->
far: there, that mountain
Ask: how near/far?
Distance systems: 2-way: this/here | that/there 3-way: near me | near you | far richer: visible? uphill? inside? social distance may choose form
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Distance and proximity use demonstratives, adverbs, and phrases such as près de and loin de.
Ce café est près de la gare.
This cafe is near the station.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
En anglais, la distance et la proximité s’expriment avec des adjectifs, des adverbes et des prépositions.
The shop is near the station.
near the station = proximité par rapport à la gare
Les apprenants confondent parfois near, close to, far from, nearby et next to.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.