priešais + accusative

Opposite with Priešais

Level 5

priešais + accusative = opposite, facing: Kavinė yra priešais stotį. (The café is opposite the station.)

How It Works

1. Opposite, across from.

  • Kavinė yra priešais stotį. (The café is opposite the station.)
  • Autobusų stotelė yra priešais parką. (The bus stop is opposite the park.)

2. Facing a person. Pronouns take their accusative forms: Jis atsisėdo priešais mane. (He sat down across from me.)

3. Without a noun. Priešais can also stand alone as an adverb when it is clear what it is opposite: Priešais yra vaistinė. (There is a pharmacy opposite.)

4. Priešais or prieš. Prieš with the accusative can also mean in front of, but it also means before, ago and against: see before, ago and in front of. Priešais only describes place, so it is the clear choice for opposite.

5. The case. Like prieš, priešais takes the accusative. Russian напротив takes the genitive, but Lithuanian priešais takes the accusative. In Lithuanian, say priešais stotį, not priešais stoties.

Examples (5)

  1. Kavinė yra priešais stotį.

    The café is opposite the station.

    Word by Word: Café is opposite station(ACC).

  2. Jis atsisėdo priešais mane.

    He sat down across from me.

    Word by Word: He sat-down opposite me(ACC).

  3. Priešais mūsų namą auga senas ąžuolas.

    An old oak grows opposite our house.

    Word by Word: Opposite our house(ACC) grows old oak.

  4. Autobusų stotelė yra priešais parką.

    The bus stop is opposite the park.

    Word by Word: Buses stop is opposite park(ACC).

  5. Priešais yra vaistinė.

    There is a pharmacy opposite.

    Word by Word: Opposite is pharmacy.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the genitive after priešais.

    Kavinė yra priešais stoties.
    Kavinė yra priešais stotį.

    Priešais takes the accusative: stotį, not stoties.

  • Using priešais for time.

    Priešais pamokas pavalgiau.
    Prieš pamokas pavalgiau.

    Priešais only describes place. For before, use prieš.

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priešais + accusativeLevel 5Opposite with Priešais

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Priešais locates something opposite an accusative landmark.

Words in This Pattern

priešais