Aspect in the past tense

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while
dok
constantly
stalno
While I was reading the book, he was talking constantly.
Dok sam čitao knjigu, on je stalno pričao.
as soon as
čim
As soon as I read the book, he left.
Čim sam pročitao knjigu, on je otišao.
childhood
djetinjstvo
usually
obično
whole
cijeli
In childhood we usually played football the whole day.
U djetinjstvu smo obično igrali nogomet cijeli dan.
game
igra
for a long time
dugo
This game often lasted a long time.
Ova igra je često trajala dugo.
then (at that time)
tada
Then we rested a lot.
Tada smo se puno odmarali.
While we waited a long time for the train, we drank coffee.
Dok smo dugo čekali vlak, pili smo kavu.
As soon as the train arrived, we drank up the coffee.
Čim je vlak stigao, popili smo kavu.
memory
uspomena
This is a beautiful memory from my childhood.
Ovo je lijepa uspomena iz mog djetinjstva.
Then this memory was important.
Tada je ova uspomena bila važna.
Usually we worked the whole day.
Obično smo radili cijeli dan.
Yesterday we did the job quickly and the game started.
Jučer smo brzo odradili posao i počela je igra.
At school he constantly wrote letters.
U školi je stalno pisao pisma.
just (now), right now
upravo
I have just come home.
Upravo sam došao doma.
I am drinking coffee right now.
Upravo pijem kavu.

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