Phase verbs with imperfectives (početi, prestati...)

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to blow
puhati
The wind started blowing.
Vjetar je počeo puhati.
The wind continued blowing all day.
Vjetar je nastavio puhati cijeli dan.
to shine
sjati
The sun will start shining in the morning.
Sunce će početi sjati ujutro.
We must continue walking.
Moramo nastaviti hodati.
to thunder
grmjeti
Last night it started thundering.
Sinoć je počelo grmjeti.
The rain was falling and it continued thundering.
Kiša je padala i nastavilo je grmjeti.
to train
trenirati
Why did you start practicing football?
Zašto si počeo trenirati nogomet?
She stopped practicing because she has a problem.
Prestala je trenirati jer ima problem.
to draw
crtati
The child started drawing a cat.
Dijete je počelo crtati mačku.
Do not stop drawing that picture!
Nemoj prestati crtati tu sliku!
to bathe
kupati se
We started swimming in the sea.
Počeli smo se kupati u moru.
When will you stop swimming?
Kada ćeš se prestati kupati?
to sunbathe
sunčati se
I want to start sunbathing early.
Želim se početi sunčati rano.
They continued sunbathing on the beach.
Nastavili su se sunčati na plaži.
to ski
skijati
In December we usually start skiing.
U prosincu obično počinjemo skijati.
I do not want to stop skiing!
Ne želim prestati skijati!
to plan
planirati
We must start planning the trip.
Moramo početi planirati putovanje.
I stopped planning every weekend.
Prestao sam planirati svaki vikend.
to camp
kampirati
They decided to start camping in the forest.
Odlučili su početi kampirati u šumi.
We didn't continue camping because we don't have a car.
Nismo nastavili kampirati jer nemamo auto.
The sun stopped shining and the rain started to fall.
Sunce je prestalo sjati i kiša je počela padati.
to try, to attempt (perfective)
pokušati
I tried to open the window.
Pokušao sam otvoriti prozor.
I will try again tomorrow.
Pokušat ću opet sutra.

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