"The bed is close to the desk."
Translation:Łóżko jest blisko biurka.
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blisko = close to, near, not far away in distance
obok = next to, adjacent to
"blisko" only tells us that two objects are close to each other, but there might be another object in between
"obok" tells us that two objects are not separated by another object
Thanks for Clearing it up! I remember there was a pretty good comment on the exact differences regarding at the table, next to the table or so, does someone know where they are? link? :)
It's not exactly the same. Maybe the difference is not that visible in this sentence, but "blisko" can be used in a sentence like "Mieszkam blisko Warszawy" (I live close to Warsaw), and as it's pretty relative, this can mean that I live 50 km from Warsaw.
While "obok" is literally "next to", without much of an interpretation.
"blisko od" may work if you're saying that "it is close from place X to place Y", but not really in a sentence like this.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blisko#Polish
On wiktionary there are some examples when it's used as an adverb and when it's used as a preposition. The examples for the preposition seem to fit this context. And in that case it makes sense that 'blisko' does not require yet another preposition like 'do.'
Why "blisko DO łóżka" isn't right? Or it is but Duo doesn't know about it?)
You can say "Mam blisko do pracy" (= it's a short commute between work and my home), but that's 'blisko' as an adverb.
In this sentence, 'blisko' is a preposition, so there is no need for a second one.