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Talking about the past (yesterday, earlier, last week)

A beginner‑friendly approach to past tense: start with one safe past pattern and reuse it.

The strategy

Don’t try to master every tense. Start with one common past pattern from real sentences.

  • Use time words (yesterday/last week) to make meaning clear.
  • Copy a native past pattern and reuse it with different verbs.
Bio sam ovdje.
I was here. (masc.)
Idem kući.
I’m going home.
Ja sam ovdje.
I am here.
Želim vodu.
I want water.
Ne razumijem.
I don't understand.
Govorite li engleski?
Do you speak English? (formal)
Gdje je WC?
Where is the bathroom?
Ovo je moj prijatelj.
This is my friend.

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I was here. (masc.)
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