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Questions & Answers about Lončar priprema glinu.
What does lončar mean, and is it a common word?
Lončar means potter: a person who makes things out of clay, such as pots or ceramics.
It is a real, standard Croatian word, but in everyday conversation you may not hear it very often unless the topic is pottery, crafts, or traditional professions.
Also, Lončar can be a surname, but in this sentence it is clearly being used as a common noun.
What does priprema mean here?
Here priprema is the verb prepares.
It comes from the verb pripremati / pripremiti, which means to prepare.
In this sentence, priprema is:
- 3rd person singular
- present tense
So:
- ja pripremam = I prepare / I am preparing
- ti pripremaš = you prepare
- on/ona/ono priprema = he/she/it prepares
Because lončar is singular, the verb is also singular: priprema.
Why is it glinu and not glina?