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> Can't you also say За ним стоит женщина?
Only if «them» refers to a single person. I’m not sure how widespread singular 'they' is in English; I guess the course creators didn't take it into account. You should probably report this sentence next time you get it.
Yes, the drop-down version of this asks to choose "За [ним/ними] стоит женщина" - both options are grammatically valid.
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And me! If you do not see any English, there is no way to work out whether it's "him" or "them" the woman is standing behind. I have only learnt by repeatedly getting it wrong that this question expects "them". But I can't see any way to deduce that, unless it is a convention that where you can't tell, "them" is preferable.
Right.
However, English 'them' can refer to a single person when making generalizations, talking about people of unknown gender, talking about non-binary people or whatnot; Russian usually uses masculine pronouns for making generalisations and talking about people of unknown gender, so in some contexts 'behind them' can be translated as «за ним».
I don't think that was the problem. It was a drop down exercise, so both answers looked correct.
As far as I know, the instrumental form of они is ими. So is it a rule that you always say ними if the previous word ends in a vowel?
if im correct, "за" with accusative is "for", whereas with instrumental it is "behind"
- за на́ми — behind us,
- за ни́ми — behind them.
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Have a look into any dictionary! За ними стоит !!! женщина. A woman is standing behind them! How will you translate: За ними есть женщина. / За ними лежит женщина. / За ними седит женщина. ??? И так дальше...
«A woman is standing behind them» — это предпочтительный вариант перевода. Именно он и показан, если прокрутить страницу выше.
У любого предложения есть несколько вариантов перевода. Когда вы вводите неправильный вариант, Вам показывается не наилучший, а наиболее похожий на Ваш.
И, пожалуйста, не забывайте про правило сообщества (см. Community Guidelines) ‘Always be respectful’. Даже если в курсе что-то и не так, это не повод посылать людей в словари и ожидать, что кто-то будет догадываться о Вашей мысли. Достаточно просто вежливо сообщить об ошибке, не нужно восклицательных знаков.
Не ошибается только тот, кто ничего не делает. В курсе, как и везде, бывают ошибки. Это не повод возмущаться. :)
Any native speaker please help me, why it's pronounced "стОит" in this sentence? I remember that in another sentence in Russian course, it's pronounced "стАит".
you can pronounce стоит and стаит, but in terms of grammar 'стоит' is correct, not стаит.
