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    налево vs слева vs влево

    Is there any difference in how these 3 words are used? or are they interchangeable?

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    налево and влево are directions (куда? where to?) while слева is a location (где? where?).
    налево and влево are synonyms.
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    Thanks for that. My teacher corrected my 'Маша повернулась влево' to 'Маша повернулась налево'.
    Is налево just a more common word in this context?

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    Quote Originally Posted by grafrich View Post
    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.
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    2. Слева - Only location ("аптека находится слева"; "аптека слева")

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    Okay, thanks. Thats all clear now.

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    Well, налево and влево are synonyms, but often they cannot be used interchangeably. For example: "машина повернула налево" (манёвр на перекрёстке) vs "машину тянет влево" (неисправно рулевое управление). We can say "машина повернула влево" and "машину тянет налево", but it sounds a little bit strange (at least, for me).

    In my opinion, they differ in their meaning in the following way:

    Налево denotes the change of direction: We go in some direction initially and then we turn and go налево, to the left.

    Влево denotes some characteristic of direction: a direction is such that it is related to the left side.
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    That's interesting; I sort of expected there to be a difference in usage, but I wouldn't have been able to notice that one myself.
    Thanks RedFox.

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