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- "Вы там не пройдёте."
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This is v unnatural English. "You can't get through there/that way" is a natural translation
Duolingo marked wrong "... пройдете." Is this just for learning purposes? In written Russian, the letter Е is frequently used instead of Ё.
Why is мимо not used with пройти here? Also, does "you will not" here mean "you are not to" (an order) or simple information: "Thanks for the instructons on how to get to your offiice. Will I be going by the park on the way? No, you won't pass there." (Also, "pass there" seems to me a rather awkward construction in English, but maybe it sounds more naural in Russian.)
Мимо isn't used because там is. You won't pass there. Мимо would be "You won't miss it passing by".
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I don't understand. Do you mean following by мимо will change the connotation of пройти? Can you explain it more, please.
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How is this in future tense? I thought Russian used a different form for future than present.
When you use prefixes with words of motion the "ходить" form becomes the imperfective and the "идти" form becomes the perfective.
OK, I guess that would explain why проходите wasn't accepted. Thanks for the reminder - I'd forgotten that from the notes on Prefixed Verbs of Motion.
1: Picture a Balrog and a wizard on a bridge... 2: Do not pass...? 3: Profit!
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"You will not pass by there" not accepted. Reported.
Wiktionary defines пройти́ as "to pass, to pass by", among other things.
Here, it appears to mean "to pass through".
Well, Russian пройти́ could indeed mean "to pass, to pass by", but I find it extremely unlikely that in the latter case is would used with там=there. That is, "пройти" = "pass by" or "move along" when it is used by itself or with "мимо" = "by (the side of something)":
Он прошёл мимо (меня) = He passed by (me) (presumably, without noticing).
Thinking about it, I'd be far more likely to say passing by than just passing, even with there. I'm not sure why, though ... and as so many other things English it could be regional.
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"Пройдёте" is the future tense (2nd person plural) of the verb "пройти". The perfective verbs don't have the present tense.
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Since that is what Duo's translation appears to mean, I heartily agree.
The references to "Lord of the Rings" show how odd the English is, so who know what it actually means. I certainly don't.
It's not about motion per se. Туда describes direction or destination and thus usually requires motion (albeit you can simply look there), whereas там describes location but it does not preclude your movements at that location.
In case you are familiar with this word, туда=thither.
