clock sat heartbeat /regular beat / ticking otkucaj heartbeats otkucaji srca the ticking of the clock otkucaji sata to hear /listen čuti they heard (perfect) čuli su they were heard Čuli su se The clock was ticking ("The tickings of the clock were heard") Čuli su se otkucaji sata to seem /appear činiti se it seemed (Active Past Participle) činilo se it seemed that činilo se da he on to him (Dative) mu it seemed to him that činilo mu se da silence tišina in the silence (loc) u tišini and in the silence it seemed to him that i u tišini mu se činilo da he hears čuje it seemed to him that he heard (present tense) /he seemed to hear činilo mu se da čuje foot (n) stopalo feet (nom neutr=acc neutr) stopala barefoot bos naked feet bosa stopala tiny (m/f/n) sićušan - sićušna - sićušno tiny (neutr. pl nom =acc) sićušna tiny bare feet sićušna bosa stopala and in the silence it seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet i u tišini mu se činilo da čuje sićušna bosa stopala to run trčati they run (present tense) trče how kako how they run kako trče he hears tiny bare feet running (how they run) čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče floor /ground (m) pod over /on /across /through /in +locative po across the floor po podu It seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet running across the floor činilo mu se da čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče po podu The clock was ticking and in the silence it seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet running across the floor. Čuli su se otkucaji sata i u tišini mu se činilo da čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče po podu. and /whereas a then /afterwards zatim and then a zatim giggles kikotanje whisper šapat and then /followed by giggles snd whispers (sg) a zatim kikotanje i šapat a sound (m) zvuk some /any /a (m/f/n) nekakav - nekakva - nekakvo some sound nekakav zvuk as if kao da someone neko to turn (over) /rotate /dial okretati he turns over okreće as if someone turns over kao da neko okreće page (f) stranica pages (nom=acc) stranice some sound as if someone turns over the pages nekakav zvuk kao da neko okreće stranice book knjiga of a book (gen) knjige the pages of a book stranice knjige big (m/f/n) velik - velika - veliko a big book velika knjiga of a big book (gen) velike knjige the pages of some big book stranice nekakve velike knjige and a sound as if someone turns over the pages of some big book i nekakav zvuk kao da neko okreće stranice nekakve velike knjige It seemed to him that he heard a sound as if someone were turning the pages of some great book. činilo mu se da čuje nekakav zvuk kao da neko okreće stranice nekakve velike knjige. The clock was ticking and in the silence it seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet running across the floor, followed by giggles and whispers. Čuli su se otkucaji sata i u tišini mu se činilo da čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče po podu, a zatim kikotanje i šapat. The clock was ticking and in the silence it seemed to him that he heard tiny bare feet running across the floor, followed by giggles and whispers and a sound of someone turning over the pages of some big book. Čuli su se otkucaji sata i u tišini mu se činilo da čuje sićušna bosa stopala kako trče po podu, a zatim kikotanje i šapat, i nekakav zvuk, kao da neko okreće stranice nekakve velike knjige.