Path / Route
Through where or along which path?
Maana
The route, passage, medium, or spatial path through which movement, perception, or transmission takes place.
Jinsi ya kuitambua
Ask what route or passage the event follows.
Mifano
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
Mtazamo wa lugha
Katika lugha yako ya kwanza
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
Katika lugha unayojifunza
Path is often expressed with por, a través de, and motion expressions.
Caminamos por el parque.
We walked through/around the park.
Learners often confuse por as path with para as goal.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.