"The teacher left the class before I came in."
Translation:Учитель вышел из класса до того, как я вошла.
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«Учитель покинул класс» is technically possibe, but sounds very unnatural IMHO. «Покинул» sound way too poetic for such a trivial matter as leaving the class.
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You know, as a native Russian it's hard for me to differentiate 'poetic' and usual variants. I think all of them should be accepted.
I'm a native of Russian too, and I would consider «Учитель покинул класс» to be an error of style. However, this judgement is based mostly on my intuition as a native speaker, and I don't have references to back it up; I believe you don't either (?), so arguing on this seems pointless.
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The problem is not in the verb "покинул", but in the fact that the phrase is not conversational. One would rather say just "Учитель вышел" without an object. If you need to specify the object it most likely means that you're writing this sentence (for example in police report). In that case word "покинул" fits perfectly fine.
Я носитель языка, для меня покинул класс звучит так же хорошо, как и вышел из класса
I'm also a native speaker. "Покинул" is abolutely ok.
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Next time report your variant "Answer should be accepted", it's completely correct.
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What is the difference between ушел and вышел? And when do I use пришла and when вошла?
The direct meaning of the verb выйти in Russian is exit or go out. Уйти is mostly like go away or leave. In this current case leave can be translated as покинуть класс, which is translated closer to the original phrase, than suggested by course makers выйти из класса
Is "прежде чем" learned before or after this translation can appear? I'm trying to test out of maximum topics at once and I translated it as "Учитель вышел из класса прежде, чем я вошёл".
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I don't know, but your translation is correct, so report it next time if not accepted.
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Choose whatever you like:
- До того, как
- Раньше, чем
- Прежде, чем
- Перед тем, как
Oh I see, so would be right ...раньше чем я вошла, right? It is necessary always 'чем'?
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It's necessary if followed by the object. You'd have to omit it if the phrase would be composed like this:
- Я вошла, но учитель вышел из класса раньше - completely analogous to English as I see it: "I came in but the teacher left the class earlier"
- Учитель вышел из класса раньше меня - in this case the meaning of the sentence is different: I also exit the room like the teacher does
If you ask specifically about the "чем" word, not another. Yes, you can replace it with a more old-fashioned "нежели"
"до того, как вошла я" не правильно?
И почему запятую тут не проверяют, до этого никогда не проверяли.. А на прошлом вопросе из за этого ошибка, а тут нет ошибки если без запятой
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It requires a conjunction: "...раньше, чем я вошла". You can think of this phrase as "The teacher left earlier than I came in", in which you also cannot omit the "than" word.
"Учитель вышел из класса жо того, как я зашел." Could also be a plausible answer
