B09
extended
Context
Space
Distance / Proximity
How near or far is it?
intermediate
Deixis
Spatial distance
Proximity
Makna
Relative distance between speaker, listener, participant, place, or event.
Cara mengenalinya
Notice words that encode near, far, this side, that side, here, there.
Contoh
Kata
near|far|here|there|this|that
Frasa
this house|that mountain|over there
Kalimat
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
Tinjauan bahasa
Dalam bahasa ibu Anda
Indonesia
Kemunculan
medium
Tingkat kepentingan
Proximity uses words like dekat, jauh, sini, situ, sana rather than grammatical distance marking.
Rumahnya dekat dari sini.
His/her house near from here.
Dalam bahasa yang dipelajari
Inggris
Kemunculan
medium
Tingkat kesulitan
English expresses distance and proximity with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions.
The shop is near the station.
near the station = proximity
Kendala umum pembelajar
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.