Bizim öğretmen yakında yaşıyor.
- Our teacher lives close by.
O oldukça yakında yaşıyor.
- She lives quite close by.
Noel yakın, değil mi?
- Christmas is near at hand, isn't it?
Giriş sınavımız çok yakındı.
- Our entrance examination was near at hand.
Yarın Kaşgar'a ya da oralarda bir yere varabilirim.
- I might arrive in Kashgar or somewhere thereabouts tomorrow.
Last night someone broke into the small shop near my house.
- Gestern Nacht brach jemand in den kleinen Laden in der Nähe meines Hauses ein.
Since there are rice paddies near my house, I often hear frogs croaking all night long this time of year.
- Wegen der Reisfelder in der Nähe meines Hauses kann ich zu dieser Jahreszeit oft die ganze Nacht lang die Frösche quaken hören.
We could hear the donnnng ... donnnng of the church bells nearby.
- Wir konnten das Läuten einer nahegelegenen Kirche hören.
I live near the sea so I often get to go to the beach.
- Ich wohne nahe am Meer, also kann ich oft an den Strand gehen.