B09
extended
Context
Space
Distance / Proximity
How near or far is it?
intermediate
Deixis
Spatial distance
Proximity
Znaczenie
Relative distance between speaker, listener, participant, place, or event.
Jak to rozpoznać
Notice words that encode near, far, this side, that side, here, there.
Przykłady
Słowa
near|far|here|there|this|that
Zwroty
this house|that mountain|over there
Zdanie
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
Widok językowy
W języku ojczystym
Polski
Występowanie
medium
Znaczenie
Distance and proximity are mostly lexical: blisko, daleko, tutaj, tam.
Ten sklep jest blisko.
This shop is near.
W języku nauki
Angielski
Występowanie
medium
Trudność
English expresses distance and proximity with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions.
The shop is near the station.
near the station = proximity
Typowa trudność uczących się
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.