Questions & Answers about Магазин далеко отсюда.
Why use отсюда instead of от здесь for 'from here'?
In Russian, words for 'here' change depending on direction. You use здесь or тут for static location ('where?'), but сюда for motion toward a place ('to here'). To say 'from here', Russian fuses the preposition от (from) with сюда to make отсюда. You cannot say от здесь.
Is there a matching word for 'from there'?
Yes! Just as отсюда means 'from here', you can use оттуда to mean 'from there'. It follows the exact same pattern, combining от with the motion word туда (to there).
Why isn't the word for 'far' (далеко) followed by the preposition от in this sentence?
Normally, 'far from [something]' is далеко от followed by the genitive case, like далеко от магазина (far from the shop). However, отсюда is an all-in-one adverb that already contains the 'from' (от) meaning built into it, so you do not need to add a separate preposition.
How should I pronounce the тс in отсюда?
When the letters т and с meet, they blend together and are pronounced exactly like the Russian letter ц (a 'ts' sound). Because the unstressed 'o' sounds like 'a', отсюда is pronounced as if it were spelled ацюда.
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