| it is not /it isn't | nije |
| on the other hand/although/though | doduše |
| was/been (Active Past Participle) (m - fem -neuter) | bio -bila -bilo |
| because | jer |
| my /of mine (emphatic possessive) | mi |
| father | otac |
| my father was /the father of mine was | otac mi je bio |
| foreigner | stranac |
| my father was a foreigner | otac mi je bio stranac |
| from Bremen | iz Bremena |
| because my father was a foreigner from Bremen | jer mi je otac bio stranac iz Bremena |
| English | engleski - engleska - englesko |
| she was English (refering to the family obitelj fem.) | bila engleska |
| she was not English | nije bila engleska |
| Though she wasn't English | nije doduše bila engleska |
| Though she wasn't English because my father was a foreigner from Bremen. | Nije, doduše, bila engleska jer mi je otac bio stranac iz Bremena. |