The imperfect tense (bijahu, mišljaše)

QuestionAnswer
nobleman
plemić
portrait
portret
The noblemen were looking at the portrait.
Plemići gledahu portret.
The portrait in the castle was beautiful.
Portret u dvorcu bijaše lijep.
ball (formal dance)
bal
Those noblemen were coming to the ball.
Ti plemići dolažahu na bal.
The ball lasted all night; it was luxurious.
Bal trajaše cijelu noć, bijaše raskošan.
count
grof
candlestick
svijećnjak
Was the count looking at the candlestick?
Gledaše li grof svijećnjak?
Moreover, the count was thinking about the past.
Štoviše, grof mišljaše o prošlosti.
countess
grofica
fan
lepeza
The countess was hiding behind the fan.
Grofica se skrivaše iza lepeze.
cavalier
kavalir
The countess and the cavalier were speaking.
Grofica i kavalir pričahu.
The ladies in the castle were not holding fans.
Dame u dvorcu ne držahu lepeze.
maid
sluškinja
The maids were carrying the candlesticks.
Sluškinje nošahu svijećnjake.
The maid was sitting in the armchair.
Sluškinja sjeđaše u fotelji.
The maid was offering tea to the cavaliers.
Sluškinja nuđaše čaj kavalirima.
What was the nobleman reading?
Što čitaše plemić?
carriage (horse-drawn)
kočija
The carriages were waiting in front of the castle.
Kočije čekahu ispred dvorca.
He who was traveling, was riding in a carriage.
Onaj tko putovaše, vožaše se u kočiji.

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