"Biroul este lângă bibliotecă."

Translation: The desk is near the bookcase.

[DavidRomanH]

Should this also accept "The office is next to/near the library" as the wording (to my knowledge) is the same?

[Pickle1116]

Yes, it does and it is

[Ana_MariaD2]

Yeah,but in that example is like desk

[David-Herron]

It's about context - I asked my girlfriend, and that's what she said. In a context that's clearly about furniture the word means book case.

In actual conversation one could know whether biroul refers to an office or a desk.

[mascha53]

If ”lângă” cannot be translated as ”next to”, what is the translation for ”next to”?

[potestasity]

"next to" should be accepted as a translation of "lângă".

[rapuchan]

Is there a difference between bookcase and bookshelf? I never heared of a bookcase before.

[mascha53]

A bookshelf is one shelf for books. A bookcase contains several shelves.

[rapuchan]

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