Preskoči ovaj potez.

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Breakdown of Preskoči ovaj potez.

• potez: a move or turn in a game
• preskočiti: to skip

Questions & Answers about Preskoči ovaj potez.

What does preskoči mean here, exactly?

Preskoči is the singular informal imperative of preskočiti, a perfective verb meaning to skip, to pass over, or to leave out.

So in this sentence, it means Skip ...! said to one person.

Because the verb is perfective, it points to one completed action: skip this specific thing.

Why is it preskoči and not preskočiti?

Preskočiti is the infinitive, meaning to skip.

In commands, Serbian usually uses the imperative, not the infinitive.
So:

• preskočiti = to skip
• preskoči = skip! (to one person, informal)

That is why the sentence says Preskoči ovaj potez, not Preskočiti ovaj potez.

What is ovaj doing in the sentence?

Ovaj means this.

It matches the noun potez in:

• gender: masculine
• number: singular
• case: accusative

So ovaj potez = this move / this step / this turn, depending on context.