| to fill /stuff / load /become full | napuniti |
| to reach /attain the age of | napuniti godina |
| sixteen | šesnaest |
| When I reached the age of sixteen | Kada sam napunio šesnaest godina |
| my father called me | pozvao me je otac |
| When I reached the age of sixteen, my father called me | Kada sam napunio šesnaest godina pozvao me je otac |
| to / towards (+dat) | k |
| to oneself (to myself/to yourself...) - Dative | sebi |
| to himself | k sebi |
| my father called me to himself | pozvao me je otac k sebi |
| to say /tell | reći |
| he said | rekao je |
| my father called me to himself and said | pozvao me je otac k sebi i rekao |
| When I reached the age of sixteen, my father called me to himself and said: | Kada sam napunio šesnaest godina, pozvao me je otac k sebi i rekao: |
| three years | tri godine |
| I was silent for three years | Šutio sam tri godine |
| I was silent for three years and watched | Šutio sam tri godine i gledao |
| to work /labour (intr) / to do (trans) | raditi |
| tomorrow | sutra |
| what (sg /pl) (nom=acc) | što - šta |
| What are you doing tomorrow? | što radiš sutra? |
| you (acc) (clitic) | te |
| I watched you | gledao sam te |
| I watched what(pl) you were doing | gledao sam te šta radiš |
| I was silent for three years and watched what (pl) you were doing. | Šutio sam tri godine i gledao te šta radiš. |
| When I reached the age of sixteen, my father called me to himself and said: "I was silent for three years and watched what (pl) you were doing. " | Kada sam napunio šesnaest godina, pozvao me je otac k sebi i rekao: 'Šutio sam tri godine i gledao te šta radiš.' |
| to call / name s. o. | prozvati |
| to call /summon s. o. | pozvati |
| He called me Robinson. | Prozvao me Robinzon. |
| He called me to himself. | Pozvao me k sebi. |