Distance / Proximity
Deixis
Spatial distance
Proximity
How near or far is it?
extended
intermediate
Context
Значение
Relative distance between speaker, listener, participant, place, or event.
Как распознать
Notice words that encode near, far, this side, that side, here, there.
Примеры
Слова
near|far|here|there|this|that
Фразы
this house|that mountain|over there
Предложение
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
Разбор по языкам
В вашем языке
Russian
Выраженность
medium
Важность
Russian has basic near/far pointing words and place adverbs.
Эта книга здесь.
This book is here.
В изучаемом языке
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Выраженность
medium
Сложность
Arabic has clear near/far demonstrative contrasts and deictic words, with gender and number in formal forms.
هذا قريب وذلك بعيد.
This is near and that is far.
Типичная трудность
Learners may ignore gender and number in demonstratives.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.