Bizim öğretmen yakında yaşıyor.
- Our teacher lives close by.
Tom oldukça yakında yaşıyor.
- Tom 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 there was a fire near here, and I couldn't sleep.
- Letzte Nacht hat es in der Nähe gebrannt, und ich konnte nicht schlafen.
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.
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.
More than a third of the world population lives near a coast.
- Mehr als ein Drittel der Weltbevölkerung lebt in der Nähe einer Küste.