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Usages of pa
Daljinski je pao na pod, pa sada ne radi.
The remote fell on the floor, so it doesn’t work now.
Nemam sitan kusur, pa ću platiti karticom.
I don’t have small change, so I will pay by card.
U općini je danas velika gužva, pa prvo idem na šalter i uzimam redni broj.
It’s very crowded at the municipality today, so first I go to the counter and take a queue number.
U torbi imam uplatnicu, ali nemam olovku, pa je posuđujem od službenice.
I have the payment slip in my bag, but I don’t have a pen, so I borrow one from the clerk.
Nemam kopiju, pa idem u fotokopirnicu pokraj trga da fotokopiram dokumente.
I don’t have a copy, so I go to the copy shop next to the square to photocopy the documents.
I printer u uredu je pokvaren, pa službenica kaže da donesem sve već fotokopirano.
And the printer at the office is broken, so the clerk says I should bring everything already photocopied.
Prošle godine su mi već jednom odbili zahtjev, pa sam tada pisala žalbu.
Last year they already rejected my request once, so I wrote an appeal then.
Dokument je već fotokopiran, pa ga predajem na šalteru.
The document is already photocopied, so I am submitting it at the counter.
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