Word
Uzmi još jedan gutljaj čaja, ali nemoj predugo žvakati taj tvrdi kruh.
Meaning
Take another sip of tea, but don’t chew that hard bread for too long.
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Breakdown of Uzmi još jedan gutljaj čaja, ali nemoj predugo žvakati taj tvrdi kruh.
ne
not
ali
but
čaj
tea
kruh
bread
Questions & Answers about Uzmi još jedan gutljaj čaja, ali nemoj predugo žvakati taj tvrdi kruh.
Why is uzmi used here?
Uzmi is the imperative singular of uzeti = to take.
So Uzmi još jedan gutljaj čaja means Take another sip of tea when speaking to one person in an informal way.
Related forms:
- uzeti = to take
- uzmi = take! (to one person)
- uzmite = take! (to more than one person, or politely to one person)
Croatian often uses the imperative very directly in everyday speech, just like English.
Why does the sentence use još jedan? Does it literally mean still one?
Yes, literally još often means still, yet, or more, but in this phrase još jedan is a very common expression meaning:
- another
- one more
So:
- još jedan gutljaj = another sip / one more sip
You will see this pattern a lot:
- još jedan dan = one more day / another day
- još jedna kava = another coffee
- još jedno pitanje = one more question
Why is it gutljaj čaja and not something like ?