| can/to be able to | moći |
| could (active past participle) (m /f/n sg) | mogao - mogla - moglo |
| it could | moglo bi |
| it could be | moglo bi biti |
| hard(ly) | teško |
| it could hardly be | Teško da moglo bi biti |
| dirtier (m /f /n - sg) | prljaviji - prljavija - prljavije |
| the face could be dirtier | Lice bi moglo biti prljavije. |
| The face could hardly be dirtier | Lice teško da bi moglo biti prljavije |
| if /that | da |
| to dig | kopati |
| he dug | kopao je |
| in the ground | po zemlji |
| if/that he had dug in the ground | da je kopao po zemlji |
| hand /arm | ruka |
| hands (f) | ruke |
| Show me (your) hands | pokaži mi ruke |
| with ( your) hands (instrumental) | rukama |
| manually / by hand (adverb) | ručno |
| he had dug the ground with (his) hands | kopao je rukama po zemlji |
| (It) could hardly be dirtier if he had dug in the ground with his hands | Teško da bi moglo biti prljavije da je rukama kopao po zemlji. |
| then | zatim |
| to cry | plakati |
| don't | nemoj |
| Don't cry | Nemoj plakati |
| to have a cry | isplakati se |
| good /well | dobro |
| to have a good cry | dobro se isplakati |
| then he had a good cry | zatim se dobro isplakao |
| then /afterwards (o) | onda |
| and then (o) | a onda |
| to wipe (off) /delete | obrisati |
| and then he had wiped his face | a onda je obrisao lice |
| palm (of the hand) | dlan |
| with the palms | dlanovima |
| he had wiped his face with his palms | obrisao je dlanovima lice |
| Then he had a good cry and afterwards wiped his face with his palms. | Zatim se dobro isplakao a onda dlanovima obrisao lice |
| (It) could hardly be dirtier if he had dug in the ground with his hands, then had a good cry and afterwards wiped his face with his palms. | Teško da bi moglo biti prljavije da je rukama kopao po zemlji, zatim se dobro isplakao, a onda dlanovima obrisao lice. |