relative-position phrase (Xの前/後/上/下)

grammar

9 sentences

Japanese expresses spatial relations via relational nouns preceded by の: [reference] + の + [direction], where directions are nouns — 前 (front), 後ろ (behind), 上 (above), 下 (below), 中 (inside), 横 (side). 机の上 ('on top of the desk'), 木の下 ('under the tree'), 家の中 ('inside the house'), 鏡の前に立つ ('stand in front of the mirror'). These relational nouns are full nouns that take other particles.

9 sentences

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She quickly shut the kitten inside the basket.

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The little boy sat on his father's shoulders.

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She was brushing her hair in front of the mirror.

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Inside the church, she sat down beside me.

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She found her wallet under the desk.

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She stood in front of the mirror.

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She was standing at the front of the classroom.

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She tidied up the papers on her desk.

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She was waiting in front of the building.

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