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- "Han kommer före mig."
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This is what I got from Wiktionary, please correct me if I'm wrong:
framför - in front of
före - in front of; before, as in time
innan - before, as in time
Anyone else have a hard time distinguishing between hon and han when the lady demonstrates how to say something?
This is literally my most common error. I mistake han or hon and get the rest right but i get the han/hon part wrong because the computer voice blurs them when speaking fast. I have to listen to turtle speed to distinguish
Is there any difference between the pronunciation of "för" and "före" when it is spoken at coloquial speed?
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Yes. "för" is always pronounced with one and "före" with two syllables. You never drop that, even at high speed.
No. They're synonymous.
Historically, there were differences on where to use which one, but it's not something that even native speakers care about anymore.
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It depends on what you mean. Usually 'He is coming for me' would mean either Han kommer för att hämta mig ('He is coming to get me') or maybe Han är ute efter mig ('He is out to get me' or something like that).
Can "före" be used as a conjunction in a sentence as a synonym for "innan"?
In the following example, can I use före instead?
Ni måste inte dricka mycket vatten innan ni spinger.
Yes, but it's less idiomatic. Also note that måste inte does not work as "must not" does.
får inte, usually, assuming the meaning of "is not allowed to".
how do I use when I want to say he comes before me at the result or that does not make any sense
I think they mean like he comes before be, like in finishing a race, which we wouldn't really say it that way in English. But I believe that is what the person is implying...I could be wrong though.
Ah, that could be it. Thanks. :)
For that meaning, I'd use this as well, but it doesn't feel quite natural to talk about it in the present tense - especially if you use "finish" (sluta) explicitly.
I have no idea how före can mean both:in front of and before For example:han går före mig He walks in front of?before me?????
I'm not entirely sure what you mean. The word does have two meanings:
- "He walks in front of me" means he's physically in the geographical front of me
- "He walks before me" would be better as "He walks before I do", meaning that he walks first and then I walk later
And by the first meaning : Han går före mig and han går framför mig Means : he is physically in front of me? And if I am right what is the difference?
By first I mean in time. If for instance he walks at 10:22 and I walk at 10:25 then he walks first, before me in time.
framför - in front of
före - in front of; before, as in time
innan - before, as in time.
före works like I wrote above.
framför always means physically, geographically in front of.
innan [verb phrase] and före [noun phrase].
Though in practice, there is a lot of colloquial mixup.
