-dan marks origin in space and time, -mde the endpoint; together they frame ranges.
I can say where I come from and describe ranges in space and time.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
แแแแแแแแ แแแ , แแแแ แแ แแฎแแ แแแแแแกแจแ แแชแฎแแแ แแ.
I am from Kyiv, but now I live in Tbilisi.
แแแฆแแแแ แแแแแแ แ แแแแแ แแฃแจแแแแก.
The shop works from ten to eight.
แกแแฎแแแแแ แแฆแแแแแ แคแแฎแแ แแแ แฌแฃแแแ.
From the house to the sea it is ten minutes on foot.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
-แแแ = from/out of: แแแแแแกแแแแ (from Tbilisi), แกแแแกแแฎแฃแ แแแแ (from work). -แแแ = up to/until: แแฆแแแแแ (to the sea), แฎแฃแแแแแ (until five).
Time ranges combine both: แชแฎแ แแแแ แแฅแแกแแแแ แแแฃแจแแแ (I work from nine to six).
Apply this grammar in A2 course exercises
Practice ExercisesPutting a preposition in front (RU/UK/CS/DE/EN all use prepositions): *แแแ แแแแแแกแ instead of แแแแแแกแแแแ. The marker always attaches to the END of the noun.
Preposed or swapped -dan/-mde markers
Range-building drills: from-X to-Y with places and clock times.
แแแแแแแแ แแแ , แแแแ แแ แแฎแแ แแแแแแกแจแ แแชแฎแแแ แแ.
I am from Kyiv, but now I live in Tbilisi.
-แแแ for origin: แแแแแแแแ.
แแแฆแแแแ แแแแแแ แ แแแแแ แแฃแจแแแแก.
The shop works from ten to eight.
Time range: แแแแแแ ... แ แแแแแ.
แกแแฎแแแแแ แแฆแแแแแ แคแแฎแแ แแแ แฌแฃแแแ.
From the house to the sea it is ten minutes on foot.
Space range with both markers.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A2 course exercises