B09
extended
Context
Space
Distance / Proximity
How near or far is it?
intermediate
Deixis
Spatial distance
Proximity
معنی
Relative distance between speaker, listener, participant, place, or event.
اسے کیسے پہچانیں
Notice words that encode near, far, this side, that side, here, there.
مثالیں
الفاظ
near|far|here|there|this|that
فقرے
this house|that mountain|over there
جملہ
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
زبان کا جائزہ
آپ کی مادری زبان میں
اردو
موجودگی
medium
اہمیت
Distance and proximity use adjectives/adverbs such as قریب, دور and postpositional phrases.
اس کا گھر قریب ہے۔
His house near is.
آپ کی سیکھی جانے والی زبان میں
انگریزی
موجودگی
medium
مشکل کی سطح
English expresses distance and proximity with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions.
The shop is near the station.
near the station = proximity
سیکھنے والوں کا عام مسئلہ
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.