| to learn | učiti |
| I didn't | nisam |
| I didn't learn | nisam učio |
| nothing /it's nothing | ništa |
| I learned nothing | ništa nisam učio |
| but /than /nor | nego |
| to dream | sanjati |
| to daydream | sanjariti |
| I am dreaming | sanjam |
| I dreamed (m) | sanjao sam |
| I only dreamed (f) | Samo sam sanjala |
| I learned nothing but only dreamed (m) | Ništa nisam učio nego sanjao samo |
| road /way /path | put |
| roads | putevi |
| about roads (loc) | o putevima |
| dangerous (m/f/n) | opasan - opasna - opasno |
| a dangerous road | opasan put |
| dangerous roads | opasni putevi |
| about dangerous roads | o opasnim putevima |
| I dreamed of dangerous roads. | Sanjao sam o opasnim putevima. |
| big /fat /thick | debeo |
| the big /fat/thick gen. def. fem. | debeloga |
| of the big sea > the deep sea /die hohe See | debeloga mora |
| over /across /through (+gen) | preko |
| across the big (d) sea / over the deep sea /über die hohe See | preko debeloga mora |
| but I only dreamed of the dangerous roads across the deep sea. | nego sam sanjao samo o opasnim putevima preko debeloga mora. |
| I learned nothing but dreamed of the dangerous roads across the deep sea. | Ništa nisam učio, nego sanjao samo o opasnim putevima preko debeloga mora. |