"Ona stoi przed lustrem."
Translation:She is standing in front of the mirror.
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depending on the meaning, 'przed' can be followed by instrumental case if it refers to a location of an object in front of another object or an event happening before some other event.
If 'przed' is used to describe a motion towards a front of some place, then you use accusative, e.g. 'samochód podjechał przed ratusz' - 'a car arrived in front of the city hall'.
Would you ever use the locative case with 'przed'? I thought it'd be 'lustrze' here because that's locative, but apoarently not.
No, according to "logic" should be used locative, at least for the logic of european languages, but no, u gotta use instrumental in this case
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Very interesting. In Russian,
Ona stoit pieried liustroj,
means "She is standing in front of the chandelier."
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Interesting. Looking up on OED it seems it was standard in the 19th century but has progressed to now being dialetical.
Should it be considered wrong however if a large number of english speakers have correctly interpreted the text, particularly given it occurs before any discussion of past tenses?
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That's for Duolingo to decide I guess. But the Polish verb is active. She stands/is standing. "Is stood" sounds passive like someone put her there.
No, "z przodu" is more about "the front side", I think? While "przed" is simply "in front of".