ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS: behind, over, at, after, for (accusative only)
In Russian, the preposition “**за” is employed in order to denote the position of one thing in relation to another. Examples:
- The chair is behind the desk.
- стул за столом.
- Stul za stalom.
- They drove beyond the borders.
- они поехали за границу.
- Oni payekhali za dranitsu.
- I’m standing behind you in the picture.
- Я стою за вами на картинке.
- Ya stoyu za vami na kartinke.
- Always look beyond the appearance.
- всегда заглянуть за внешний вид.
- Vsegda zaglyanut’ za vneishnii vid.
- She paid for my dinner.
- она заплатила за свой обед.
- Ona zaplatila za sboi abied.
- They thanked the doctor for his dedication.
- они благодарили врача за его преданность.
- Oni blagadarili vracha za yego predannost’.