Diving into prepositions
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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.")