Diving into prepositions interlanguage problems | spatial relationships | test run | role relationships | imagery in lit
Interlanguage
problems
| fewer |
Tagalog/Taglish |
sa = location (at, in, to, etc.) |
We will have
game
number six on Sunday sa
Cuneta Astrodome. Eight seconds sa shot clock. |
| postpositions |
Japanese |
ni = in |
Depaato ni ismashta "He was in the
department store." (literally "Department in was") |
| affixes |
Hungarian |
-on
= on |
Csaba az asztalon
ül. "Csaba is sitting on the table." (literally "Csaba the table-on sits.") |
| combination |
German |
nach =
according to -em = to (masc.) am = on the |
Meiner Meinung nach hat er es seinem Freund am Montag gegeben. "In my
opinion, he gave it to his friend on Monday." (literally "My opinion according has he it his-to friend on the Monday given.") |
| semantic equivalence |
Spanish |
en =
on, in, at, into, to, of, about |
Está en la mesa. ("It's on the
table.") Está en el
cuarto. ("It's in the room.") Está en casa. ("It's at home.") Lo
metió en el
cajón. ("He put it into the box.") Va a convertirse en gas. ("It will be converted
to gas.") La solución
consiste en no volver.
("The solution consists of not returning.") Pensó en salir. ("He thought about
leaving.") |