Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Ном энд байна.
The book is here.
Шүүгээ дээр байна.
It is on top of the cupboard.
Баруун тийш яв.
Go to the right.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Байрлал заадаг дайвар үгс: энд (here), тэнд (there), дээр (above/up), доор (below/down), зүүн (left/west), баруун (right/east), урд (in front/south), хойд (behind/north).
Газрын зураг дээр: зүүн = west, баруун = east.
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesConfusing зүүн/баруун (left/right, also west/east) with дээр/доор (up/down)
Forgetting тийш when expressing movement toward a direction
Ном энд байна.
The book is here.
Энд (here) and тэнд (there) replace full location phrases.
Шүүгээ дээр байна.
It is on top of the cupboard.
Дээр follows the noun directly (no case suffix needed here).
Баруун тийш яв.
Go to the right.
Add тийш (toward) for direction: баруун тийш (rightward).
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises