Thread: налево vs слева vs влево

Thanks for that. My teacher corrected my 'Маша повернулась влево' to 'Маша повернулась налево'.
Is налево just a more common word in this context?

Originally Posted by grafrich

Thanks for that. My teacher corrected my 'Маша повернулась влево' to 'Маша повернулась налево'.
Is налево just a more common word in this context?

Both are correct.

1. Driving \ walking. Налево = usually in context of 90 degree turn to the left ("на перекрестке поверните налево (влево)").
Влево - turning the wheel ("поверните руль влево"). На развилке сверните влево (налево).
But both of the words are almost equal.
Check 1.есть разница между словами влево и налево? | Lang-8: For learning foreign languages

2. Слева - Only location ("аптека находится слева"; "аптека слева")