| this (m/f/n) | ovaj - ova - ovo |
| tale /story /narrative (f) | pripovijest |
| this story | ova pripovijest |
| is | je |
| this(n) is | ovo je |
| This is a narrative | Ovo je pripovijest. |
| something | nešto |
| about /concerning (+locative) | o |
| about something (loc) | o nečemu |
| This is a narrative about something. | Ovo je pripovijest o nečemu. |
| This is a narrative about a book(loc fem.). | Ovo je pripovijest o knjizi. |
| This is a narrative about a magician.(loc. masc.) | Ovo je pripovijest o čarobnjaku. |
| This is a narrative about the nephew. (loc. m.) | Ovo je pripovijest o nećaku. |
| This is a narrative about the Magician's (loc m def) nephew (loc). (Magician's is considered as an adjective to nephew. Adjectives have both definite and indefinite forms) | Ovo je pripovijest o čarobnjakovom nećaku. |
| which /that /what (sg /pl) | što - šta |
| something which | nešto što |
| about something which | o nečemu što |
| to happen | dogoditi se |
| it happened | dogodilo se |
| which happened | što se dogodilo |
| about something which happened | o nečemu što se dogodilo |
| This is a narrative about something which happened. | Ovo je pripovijest o nečemu što se dogodilo. |
| long ago | davno |
| once upon a time | jednom davno |
| This is a narrative about something which happened long ago. | Ovo je pripovijest o nečemu što se dogodilo davno. |
| grandfather | djed |
| grandfathers | djedovi |
| your (of you all /pl.) | vaš |
| your (of you all/pl) "things" > m. pl | vaši |
| your grandfathers | vaši djedovi |
| they (m) were (su can never be the first word of a phrase, but comes as soon as possible) | bili su |
| your grandfathers were | vaši djedovi su bili |
| while /as long as (to describe two long actions occuring at the same time. The kids played while I slept. /expressing contrast. I wanted to go to the sea whereas she prefered the mountains) | dok |
| while your grandfathers were | dok su vaši djedovi bili |
| still /yet | još |
| while your grandfathers were still | dok su vaši djedovi još bili |
| children | djeca |
| while your grandfathers were still children | dok su vaši djedovi još bili djeca. |
| This is a narrative about something which happened long ago, while your grandfathers were still children. | Ovo je pripovijest o nečemu što se dogodilo davno, dok su vaši djedovi još bili djeca. |