B09
extended
Context
Space
Distance / Proximity
How near or far is it?
intermediate
Deixis
Spatial distance
Proximity
Ý nghĩa
Relative distance between speaker, listener, participant, place, or event.
Cách nhận biết
Notice words that encode near, far, this side, that side, here, there.
Ví dụ
Từ
near|far|here|there|this|that
Cụm từ
this house|that mountain|over there
Câu
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
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Việt
Mức độ thể hiện
strong
Tầm quan trọng
Proximity uses gần, xa, đây, đó, kia and person/deixis choices rather than grammar endings.
Nhà tôi gần đây.
house my near here
Trong ngôn ngữ Bạn đang học
Anh
Mức độ thể hiện
medium
Độ khó
English expresses distance and proximity with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions.
The shop is near the station.
near the station = proximity
Vấn đề thường gặp của người học
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.