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is no abstract location but a real location, like the hollow of a tree, or the
inside of a box, is used:
literally: ”There was a watch in the box”
”The box contained a watch.”The paĴern [X] [Y] will be explained further in the construc-
tions section, when dealing with open choices - something that quite obvi-
ously requires being able to indicate something as existing within a greater
(abstract) collection.
- Behind
The noun is used to indicate that something is located behind some-
thing else. Be careful though: unlike , which corresponded to ”before”
both in the location and time sense, only means ”behind”, and stands
for a location; it cannot be used to mean ”after”. To indicate the concept
of ”after”, a different noun ( ) is used, which can be pronounced in three
different ways, meaning three slightly different things.
An example of the use of would be:
”The mice hid behind the refrigerator.”- Back, opposite side
Much like how is a special kind of , is a special kind of , mean-
ing ”the non-facing side” of something. For instance, the side of a book’s
cover that doesn’t carry the title is the , the back of a store is the , and
the back side of a T-shirt is the.
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,- After
When indicating something happens after a certain time or event, is
used. However, depending on whether this ”after” refers to ”occurring at
some time after”, or ”occurring from then on” a different pronunciation is