| to promise | obećati |
| I promised | obećao sam |
| to start /begin | početi |
| I started | počeo sam |
| I started working | počeo sam raditi |
| I started another life | počeo sam drugi život |
| I promised to begin another life | Obećao sam da ću početi drugi život |
| I promised to work hard | Obećao sam da ću vrijedno raditi |
| shop /commerce | trgovina |
| in my father's shop (loc) | u očevoj trgovini |
| I promised to work hard in my father's commerce. | Obećao sam da ću vrijedno raditi u očevoj trgovini. |
| I promised to begin another life and to work hard in my father's commerce. | Obećao sam da ću početi drugi život i da vrijedno raditi u očevoj trgovini. |