Timeline for In "Я стала в очередь за сосисками", why is сосисками in the instrumental case?
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| Dec 4, 2015 at 20:10 | comment | added | Nikolay Ershov | Actually, in the example, I don't think it does. "Behind/after" is more of a free association inspired by the idea of people standing in a queue. It doesn't affect the choice of preposition, nor does the preposition reflect that spatial arrangement. Anyway, I've only listed those meanings of за which can be translated as "for". | |
| Dec 4, 2015 at 19:35 | comment | added | Yellow Sky | This за-instrumental has also the meaning "behind~after" which is rather close to what за means in the OP's example sentence. I had forgotten to mention it in my answer, so since you enumerated the main meanings of за, feel free to add this meaning, too. | |
| Dec 4, 2015 at 18:53 | history | answered | Nikolay Ershov | CC BY-SA 3.0 |