B05
core
Context
Space
Place / Location
Where is it or where does it happen?
basic
Locative
Place adverbial
Significado
The spatial location of a participant, state, or event.
Como identificar
Find where the event or participant is located.
Exemplos
Palavras
here|there|home|inside|outside
Frases
in the house|at school|on the table
Frase
The keys are on the table.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Ask: WHERE?
Participant/event
│ is/happens at
▼
Place
The keys are on the table.
Compare shape
Same location role, different language shapes: in the house (preposition) house-LOC (case) at school (adposition) here / there (place word) be-at table (locative verb)
Vista por língua
Na tua língua materna
Português
Presença
strong
Importância
Place is mostly encoded with prepositions and contractions such as no, na, do, da, pelo, and pela.
As chaves estão na mesa.
The keys are on the table.
Na tua língua de aprendizagem
Inglês
Presença
strong
Dificuldade
English commonly uses prepositions and place adverbs to show location.
She is in the kitchen.
in the kitchen = location
Dificuldade comum de quem aprende
Learners often confuse in, on, at, by, near, and other place prepositions.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.