| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ana is reading | Ana čita The simplest sentences are like "Ana is sleeping" or "Samir is running", you form them by trimming the -ti from the action word, turning it from the general form into the pure form
example :
kuhati - kuha (to cook)
pjevati - pjeva (to sing) |
| Samir is cooking | Samir kuha |
| Ana is running | Ana trči In some words that end with -ati, the a turns into an i, for example:
trčati = trči (to run)
ležati = leži (to lie down) |
| Ivan is lying down | Ivan leži |
| He is writing text | On piše tekst There are other 'irregular' forms but you'll get used to them, they all almost always end with -e
plakati - plače (to cry)
pisati - piše (to write)
piti - pije (to drink) |
| She is crying | Ona plače Btw you use the pure form for pronouns also, not just names, like uh on/ona/ono instead of Samir, Ana, dijete... same as English |
| I'm cooking | Kuham In order to get action words for the pronoun I, you just add -m to the pure form
Čitam - Im reading
Kuham - Im cooking
Učim - Im learning |
| I'm reading | Čitam |
| I'm eating | Jedem This works the same even if the words are irregular
Jedem - im eating
Pišem - im writing |
| I'm drinking | Pijem |
| Ana is still sleeping | Ana još spava još = still |
| Goran is still crying | Goran još plače |
| Ana is STILL crying (emphasis) | Ana još uvijek plače Još uvijek - still (giga) |
| He is already sleeping | On već spava već - already |
| She is already running | Ona već trči |
| She is eating | Ona jede |
| It sees | Ono vidi vidjeti - vidi (to see) |
| he reads | On čita Čitati
He reads is the same as he is reading, this applies to all words |
| She dances | Ona pleše |