Dok ti bacaš kockicu, protivnik čeka.

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Breakdown of Dok ti bacaš kockicu, protivnik čeka.

• dok: while
• čekati: to wait
• kockica: a die for a game

Questions & Answers about Dok ti bacaš kockicu, protivnik čeka.

What does dok mean in this sentence?

Here dok means while.

So Dok ti bacaš kockicu, protivnik čeka. means something like While you are rolling the die, the opponent waits.

A useful thing to know is that dok can also mean until in other sentences, so learners often get confused. In this sentence, because both verbs are in the present tense and describe actions happening at the same time, dok is understood as while.

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Why is ti used if bacaš already means you throw / you are throwing?

In Serbian, the verb ending already shows the subject:

• bacam = I throw
• bacaš = you throw
• baca = he/she/it throws

So the sentence could simply be:

• Dok bacaš kockicu, protivnik čeka.

The pronoun ti is optional here. It is often included for:

• emphasis
• contrast
• clarity

So dok ti bacaš... can feel a bit like while you are rolling..., especially if the speaker is contrasting your action with the opponent’s.

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Why is the verb bacaš and not some other form like baciš?

Bacaš is from the imperfective verb bacati / bacati? Actually, the common pair is: