Word
Разумеется, роботы будут анализировать данные, перед тем как человек примет решение.
Meaning
Needless to say, robots will analyze data before a person makes a decision.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Разумеется, роботы будут анализировать данные, перед тем как человек примет решение.
человек
person
быть
to be
решение
decision
принять
to accept (pf) / to make (a decision)
Questions & Answers about Разумеется, роботы будут анализировать данные, перед тем как человек примет решение.
How does Разумеется compare to a more common word like конечно?
Разумеется literally means 'it is understood' and is slightly more formal and emphatic than конечно. It conveys 'it goes without saying' or 'needless to say', showing an absolute degree of certainty. Like most parenthetical words expressing certainty or doubt, it is separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
Why is примет (will make) in the future tense when the English translation uses the present tense 'makes'?
Unlike English, which usually uses the present tense in time clauses referring to the future (after words like 'before', 'when', or 'until'), Russian strictly requires the logical future tense. Since the person will make the decision in the future, the future perfective verb примет must be used.
Why does the sentence pair the imperfective будут анализировать with the perfective примет?
The two verbs express different natures of action. будут анализировать (will analyze) is imperfective because the robots' analysis is viewed as a continuous background process. In contrast, примет (will make) is perfective because making a decision is a discrete, completed event that happens once the process is done.
Why is the comma placed before the entire phrase перед тем как rather than just before как?