Verbs Flashcards
verb “to know”
(follows rules for verbs ending in -ATI -am)
Znati
Ja znam
ti znaš
on, ona, ono zna
mi znamo
vi/VI znate
oni, one, ona znaju
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past-m znao,
past-f znala
pres. adv. znajući *
imper-2 znaj
pass. adj. znan
gerund znanje **
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Ivan knows math.
Ivan zna matematiku.
matematiku = Akk case
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Ana knows English.
Ana zna engleski
engliski = Akk case
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Ana knows where the keys are.
Ana zna [gdje su ključevi ].
dative clause; Ključevi in nomitive case.
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Ana knows how to sing.
Ana zna **pjevati. **
When someone knows how to do something, it’s expressed in infinitive.
Past tense verb
He knew where the book was.
Znao je gdje je knjiga.
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She knew about that, but they didn’t know.
Ona je znala za to, ali oni nisu znali.
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I didn’t know.
I knew
Nisam znala.
Znala sam.
Verb “to read”
čitati
ja čitam
ti čitaš
on/ona/ono čita
mi čitamo
vi/VI čitate
oni, one, ona čitaju
past-m čitao,
past-f čitala
Ana is reading.
Ana is reading a book.
Ana čita.
Ana čita knjigu.
Ana has read the book.
i.e., the whole book.
Ana je pročitala knjigu.
Yesterday I read the newspaper.
(Masculine. and feminie forms of the past tense verb)
masc.: jučer sam čitao novine.
fem.: jučer sam čitala novine.
Verb “to watch”
Gledati
ja gledam
ti gledaš
on, ona, ono gleda
mi gledamo
vi/VI gledati
oni, one, ona gledaju
past-m gledao (imperf.) or pogledao (perf.)
past-f gledala (imperf.) or pogledala (perf.)
I watched a movie.
Gledala sam film.
film = akk case
They watched the sun rise.
Gledali su izlazak sunca.
He didn’t watch where he was going.
Nije gledao kamo ide.
verb “to practice, to rehearse”
vježbati
ja vježbam
ti vježbaš
on, ona, ono vježba
mi vježbamo
vi/VI vježbate
oni, one, ona vježbaju
past-m: vježbao
past-f: vježbala
gerund: vježbanje
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Ana is exercising.
Ana vježba.
Goran practiced English.
Goran je vježbao engleski.
object “engleski”= akk case.
I live near the park and always exercise when I hve time.
Živim blizu parka i uvijek vježbam kad imam vremena.
In my free time, I watch a lot of series or walk in the park.
U slobodno vrijema ja jako puno gledam serije ili šetam po parku.
Sometimes I read or listen to a podcast in the park, and I often train there in the morning.
Ponekad u parku čitam ili slušam podcast, a ujutro tamo često treniram.
This afternoon I plan to go exercise with my friend Marta, and then we’ll go to a cafe.
Danas popodne planiram ići vježbati s prijatelijicom Martom, a poslije idemo u kafić.
My friend and I need to make a plan for a trip.
Prijateljica i ja trebamo napravati plan za putovanje.
We are going to Vetovo by car.
Idemo u Vetovo autom.
She drives because I can’t drive, but I don’t think that’s a problem. She drives perfectly.
She drives because I can’t drive, but I don’t think that’s a problem. She drives perfectly.
I like to travel with Marta because she always sings loudly and listens to music.
Volim s Martom putovati zato što uvijek glasno pjeva i sluša glazbu.
She often listens to podcasts.
Ona često sluša podcast.
Every day they sleep until nine (9) o’clock because they like to sleep a lot.
Svaki dan spavaju do devet (9) sati jer jako vole spavati.
I never watch Netflix because I don’t have a TV.
Ja nikad ne gledam netflix zato što nemam televizor.
I always clean the apartment in the morning because I like it when it’s clean.
Ujutro ja uvijek čistam stan jer volim kada je čisto.
In the evening I cook dinner.
Navečer ja kuham večeru.
I rarely study for exams because I have a good memory.
Ja rijetko učim za ispit jer imam dobru memoriju.
Verb “to listen”
slušati
ja slušam
ti slušaš
on, sluša
mi slušamo
vi/Vi slušate
oni, one, ona slušaju
past-m: slušao
past-f: slušala
gerund: slušanje
Goran is listening to the radio.
Goran sluša radio.
radio = akk. case
Are you listening?
Slušaš li?
They were listening to music
Slušali su glazbu.
I was listening to you.
Slušala sam te.
Verb “to train”
Trenirati
ja treniram
ti treniraš
on, ona, ono trenira
mi treniramo
vi/VI trenirate
oni, one, ona treniraju
past-m trenirao
past-f trenirala
Verb “to swim”
Plivati
ja plivam
ti plivaš
on, ona, ono pliva
mi plivamo
vi/VI plivate
oni, one, ona plivaju
past-m plivao
past-f pivala
We swim fast.
Brzo plivamo.
I was swimming when I heard the bell.
Plivala sam kad sam čula zvono.
Verb “to hear”
Čuti (Čuje)
ja čujem
ti čuješ
on, ona, ono čuje
mi čujemo
vi/Vi čujete
oni, one, ona čuju
past-m čuo
past-f čula
I can hear a bird.
Čujem pticu.
object “pticu”= akk. case
in passive construction, “a bird can be heard,” use “se”: Ptica se čuje.
I heard Goran was on the playground.
Čula sam [da je Goran na igralištu]
“je na igralištu”= locative case.
Verb “to paint”, “to take (a picture)”
slikati
ja slikam
ti slikaš
on, ona, ono slika
mi slikamo
vi/VI slikate
oni, one, ona slikaju
past-m slikao
past-f slikala
Ana took a picture of Goran.
Ana je slikala Gorana.
Gorana = akk. case.
Take a picture of us!
Slikaj nas!
verb “to have”
imati
imam
imaš
ima
imamo
imate
imaju
past-m imao
past-f imala
Ana doesn’t have an umbrella.
Ana nema kišobran.
kišobran = akk. case.
There is no sugar.
Nema šećera.
šećera = gen. case
There are some apples.
Ima jabuka.
There was no sugar.
Nije bilo šećera.
šećera = gen. case
They are not here.
Nema ih.
ih = 3rd pl. gen.
literally: there’s no them
You weren’t here.
Nije te bilo.
te = 2nd pers. gen.
literally: There was no you.
There’s a problem.
Ima jedan problem.
jedan = n case
problem = n case
There are no problems.
Nema problema.
problema = gen case
Verb “to cook”
kuhati
kuham
kuhaš
kuha
kuhamo
kuhate
kuhaju
past-m kuhao
past-f kuhala
gerund: kuhanje
Ana is ‘cooking’ coffee
Ana kuha kavu.
The soup is cooking.
Juha se kuha.
I was cooking chicken and rice for dinner
Za večeru sam kuhala piletinu i rižu.
sam kuhala: impf past f.
sam skuhala: perf. past f.
Verb “to play (music)” or “to play (an instrument)”
Svirati
sviram
sviraš
svira
sviramo
svirate
sviraju
past-m svirao
past-f svirala
Anna is playing (a song).
Ana svira (pjesmu).
Ana is playing the guitar.
Ana svira gitaru.
gitaru = akk.
Some boring music was playing.
Svirala je neka dosadna glazba
neka dosadna glazba: all nominiative case.
I played violin for seven years.
Svirala sam violinu sedam godina.
Thirty years ago I learned to play the violin. Now I don’t play violin anymore.
Prije trideset godina naučila sam svirati violinu. Sada više ne sviram violinu.
Verb “to play” (for games)
igrati
igram
igraš
igra
igramo
igrate
igraju
past-m igrao
past-f **igrala **