| child /boy | dječak |
| if you were (ako + perfect - for conditionnel sentences that describe past realities) | ako si bio |
| if you were a boy | ako si bio dječak |
| In those days - if you were a boy - | U tim danima - ako si bio dječak - |
| to have to /must | morati |
| you (m sg) had to | morao si |
| in those days you (m sg) had to | u tim si danima morao |
| in those days - if you were a boy - you had to | u tim si danima - ako si bio dječak - morao |
| to wear | nositi |
| you (m sg) had to wear | morao si nositi |
| collar (part of clothing around the neck) (masc.-nom sg =acc sg) | ovratnik |
| you had to wear a collar | morao si nositi ovratnik |
| in those days you had to wear a collar | u tim si danima morao nositi ovratnik |
| wide /broad (short form - used for adj in predicate position) | širok |
| hard (short form) | tvrd |
| wide /broad - long form (used for definite adj. and for adj. not in predicate position) | široki |
| stiff /hard (long form) | tvrdi |
| a stiff wide collar (long form) (lit. a wide stiff collar) | široki tvrdi ovratnik |
| you had to wear a stiff wide collar | morao si nositi široki tvrdi ovratnik |
| In those days - if you were a boy- you had to wear a stiff wide collar. | U tim si danima - ako si bio dječak- morao nositi široki tvrdi ovratnik. |
| every /all (m-f-n) | svaki - svaka - svako |
| every day | svaki dan |
| morning | jutro |
| every morning | svako jutro |
| person | čov(j)ek |
| every person | svaki čov(j)ek |
| everyone of us | svaki od nas |
| that much /insofar | toliko |
| every now and then | svako toliko |
| In those days - if you were a boy- you had to wear every day a stiff wide collar. | U tim si danima- ako si bio dječak- morao svaki dan nositi široki tvrdi ovratnik. |
| school (fem) | škola |
| schools | škole |
| whereas the schools were | a škole su bile |
| awkward/unpleasant /uncomfortable (m/f/n) | neugodan - neugodna - neugodno |
| more unpleasant /more awkward (m/f/n) | neugodniji - neugodnija - neugodnije |
| more awkward (fem pl) | neugodnije |
| The schools were more unpleasant. | Škole su bile neugodnije. |
| today | danas |
| The schools were more unpleasant than today. | Škole su bile neugodnije nego danas. |
| mostly /in general /all in all | uglavnom |
| whereas the schools were in general more unpleasant than today. | a škole su uglavnom bile neugodnije nego danas. |
| In those days - if you were a boy- you had to wear every day a stiff wide collar whereas the schools were in general more unpleasant than today. | U tim si danima- ako si bio dječak- morao svaki dan nositi široki tvrdi ovratnik a škole su uglavnom bile neugodnije nego danas. |