пред
See also: пред-
Bulgarian
Preposition
пред • (pred)
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
Preposition
пред • (pred)
- before
- Пред смртта на мајка ти, живеевме на село.
- Before your mother's death, we lived in the countryside.
- Пред смртта на мајка ти, живеевме на село.
- ago
- Се вселивме пред две години.
- We moved in two years ago.
- Се вселивме пред две години.
- in front of
- Има камион пред влезот од гаражата.
- There is a truck in front of the entrance to the garage.
- Има камион пред влезот од гаражата.
Russian
Alternative forms
- пре́до (prédo) (before awkward consonant clusters)
Etymology
Borrowing from Old Church Slavonic [Term?]. Doublet of пе́ред (péred), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
Preposition
пред • (pred)
Synonyms
- перед (pered)
See also
- пред- (pred-)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пред”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
Pronunciation
Preposition
пре̏д (Latin spelling prȅd)
- (+ accusative case) in front of, to the front of (with change of position, answering the question ку̀да)
- C(ј)едни преда ме. ― Sit in front of me.
- (+ accusative case) just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question ка̏д)
- пред рат ― just before the war
- (+ instrumental case) before, in front of (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)
- С(ј)едим пред кућом. ― I'm sitting in front of the house.
- (figuratively) (+ instrumental case) in face of, facing
Usage notes
The alternative form пре̏да occurs before the enclitic forms of the personal pronoun:
- пре̏да ме
- пре̏да те
- пре̏да се
- пре̏да њ
- пре̏да мно̄м
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