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Two similar prepositions: против and напротив
In this video we study the difference between the prepositions против and напротив.
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Против means “against” and we use it for example when playing “against” someone or when expressing that you’re not “against” someone else’s opinions/suggestions. Let’s see a couple of examples:
- Я не буду играть против тебя
- Если ты хочешь в кино, я не против
Напротив means “opposite” in the sense of an object/building being “opposite” something else. See the example below:
- Напротив школы есть парк.
Now, let’s see this other sentence with “напротив” :
- Он был готов к экзамену, а я, напротив, ничего не знал
Here the meaning is “on the contrary”, so in this sentence напротив is not really a preposition since there is no noun afterwards.
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