Path / Route
Through where or along which path?
Betekenis
The route, passage, medium, or spatial path through which movement, perception, or transmission takes place.
Zo herken je het
Ask what route or passage the event follows.
Voorbeelden
through|across|along|via|over
through the park|across the bridge|via email
We walked through the forest.
Visual guide
EVENT follows a route WE -> through forest -> THERE WE -> across bridge -> THERE MESSAGE -> via email -> YOU Ask: through/along where?
Same route meaning, forms: preposition: through forest case suffix: forest-PATH route verb: cross bridge serial verbs: enter forest go particle: walk through
Taaloverzicht
In je moedertaal
Path appears in prepositional phrases and verb particles such as door, langs, over.
We lopen door het park.
We walk through the park.
In de taal die je leert
English path is often expressed with prepositions and phrasal particles such as across, through, along, over, and around.
We walked through the park.
through the park = route/path
Learners may choose place prepositions where a path preposition is needed.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.