"She runs before me."
Translation:Hon springer före mig.
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The Swedish sentence is ambiguous, it could mean both in front of in a spatial sense, and before in a temporal sense. If we'd say framför, it would clearly just mean in front of. If we'd say innan, it would clearly be before in the temporal sense.
But would i be wrong if i said framför ? At first i thought it's framför,but i check the translation and it only offered före.Because in this case she runs before me means pretty much she runs in front of me
Hon springer framför mig is a perfectly good sentence, it means 'She runs in front of me'.
She runs before me here is most likely to have a temporal meaning, like in 'She runs before I run', so it should be Hon springer före mig.
Okay i just wanted to know if there was something wrong with framför in that context.Thank you very much for the clarification!
Having made the same mistake earlier, this time I used framfo:r and it was marked wrong. Having trouble understanding how to recognize this is a temporal meaning?
What are the differences between 'springer' and 'rinner'? Do they both mean different subjects?
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I know that temporal means time. I was asking was is to be before in temporal sense Jag vet inte :/
Hm, let's say she starts running at 16:45 and I start running at 17:00, then she runs before me in a temporal sense, is that clearer?
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Look at Arnautis comment above. 'framför' = in front of (a spatial sense), so Yes, the Swedish sentence with 'före' is ambiguous.
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No. The word framåt is usually an adverb, not a preposition. As a preposition, it usually means toward(s) or along.
Hon spinger framåt = She runs ahead
Hon spinger före/innan/framför mig = She runs before me
Följ mig framåt vägen = Follow me along the road
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When waiting in line at a checkout and I would like to let someone in before me in the que. Could i say.....,"Du kan gärne gå före mig"?
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Yes, almost, you have a typo. It is gärna (it ends in -a). Your sentence is very well, friendly, expressed.
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No, 'innan' is a conjunction when you start a new phrase with a subject and verb following. E.g.: She runs before going to bed: Hon springer innan hon går till sängs. (I know, even Swedes make mistakes when it comes to choosing between: före/innan.) But if you are 'in front of' you are 'framför' or 'före'
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"före" = in front of (in actual space). // "Förra" = the former one, the earlier one (more like a time-scale in your mind). E.g. "Min förra man" (Ex-husband)