Word
Pre nego što podnese prigovor, potrošač će proveriti očitanje.
Meaning
Before the consumer submits a complaint, they will check the reading.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Pre nego što podnese prigovor, potrošač će proveriti očitanje.
hteti
will
proveriti
to check
pre nego što
before
potrošač
a consumer
Questions & Answers about Pre nego što podnese prigovor, potrošač će proveriti očitanje.
Why does Serbian use pre nego što here? Can I also say just pre nego?
Pre nego što is a very common way to say before when it introduces a whole clause, especially in standard Serbian.
- Pre nego što podnese prigovor = before he/she submits a complaint
- It links two actions, so it works like before + subject + verb in English.
You may also hear pre nego in some contexts, but pre nego što is the safest and most standard choice when a verb follows.
Compare:
- Pre podnošenja prigovora... = before the submission of the complaint
- this uses a noun phrase
- Pre nego što podnese prigovor... = before he/she submits a complaint
- this uses a clause with a verb
So in your sentence, pre nego što is completely natural.
Why is it podnese, not podnosi or podneti?