Bulgarian

Preposition

пред • ‎(pred)

1. in front of, before

Macedonian

Preposition

пред • ‎(pred)

1. before

   Пред смртта на мајка ти, живеевме на село.

   Before your mother's death, we lived in the countryside.

2. ago

   Се вселивме пред две години.

   We moved in two years ago.

3. in front of

   Има камион пред влезот од гаражата.

   There is a truck in front of the entrance to the garage.

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prʲɪt]

Preposition

пред • ‎(pred)

1. in front of, before (+ instrumental case)

Synonyms

• предо ‎(predo), перед ‎(pered), передо ‎(peredo)

See also

• пред- ‎(pred-)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• пре̏да

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêd/

Preposition

пре̏д ‎(Latin spelling prȅd)

1. (with accusative) in front of, to the front of (with change of position, answering the question ку̀да)

   с(ј)едни преда ме — sit in front of me

2. (with accusative) just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question ка̏д)

   пред рат — just before the war

3. (with instrumental) before, in front of (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)

   с(ј)едим пред кућом — I'm sitting in front of the house

4. (with instrumental, figuratively) in face of, facing

Usage notes

The alternative form пре̏да occurs before the enclitic forms of the personal pronoun:

пре̏да ме

пре̏да те

пре̏да се

пре̏да њ

пре̏да мно̄м