No. 259 in Estonian

kõrval

"Beside" or "next to."

In a sentence

Ta istus minu kõrval.
He sat next to me.
Here 'kõrval' indicates a spatial position, meaning 'next to' or 'beside'.
Küla kõrval asus väike järv.
Next to the village there was a small lake.
In this sentence, 'kõrval' describes proximity or adjacency of one location to another.
Vaata, mis on laua kõrval!
Look what's beside the table!
Here 'kõrval' is used to indicate something placed beside or near an object.

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