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81 [eighty-one]

Past tense 1

Past tense 1

81 [osamdeset i jedan]

Prošlost 1

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to write p-s-ti p_____ p-s-t- ------ pisati 0
He wrote a letter. O- j- ----sa----s-o. O_ j_ n______ p_____ O- j- n-p-s-o p-s-o- -------------------- On je napisao pismo. 0
And she wrote a card. A o-a--e n----al- ------dni--. A o__ j_ n_______ r___________ A o-a j- n-p-s-l- r-z-l-d-i-u- ------------------------------ A ona je napisala razglednicu. 0
to read či-ati č_____ č-t-t- ------ čitati 0
He read a magazine. On-j- -i-ao-i-----ira-i-č--opi-. O_ j_ č____ i__________ č_______ O- j- č-t-o i-u-t-i-a-i č-s-p-s- -------------------------------- On je čitao ilustrirani časopis. 0
And she read a book. A --a -- -it------ji--. A o__ j_ č_____ k______ A o-a j- č-t-l- k-j-g-. ----------------------- A ona je čitala knjigu. 0
to take uz--i u____ u-e-i ----- uzeti 0
He took a cigarette. O---- u-e--cigaret-. O_ j_ u___ c________ O- j- u-e- c-g-r-t-. -------------------- On je uzeo cigaretu. 0
She took a piece of chocolate. On- j- -z-l--ko--d-čo-olad-. O__ j_ u____ k____ č________ O-a j- u-e-a k-m-d č-k-l-d-. ---------------------------- Ona je uzela komad čokolade. 0
He was disloyal, but she was loyal. O- ---bio --vj--------i---a -e--ila -j--n-. O_ j_ b__ n________ a__ o__ j_ b___ v______ O- j- b-o n-v-e-a-, a-i o-a j- b-l- v-e-n-. ------------------------------------------- On je bio nevjeran, ali ona je bila vjerna. 0
He was lazy, but she was hard-working. O-----bio li-----ali -n------i---vr-j-dna. O_ j_ b__ l_____ a__ o__ j_ b___ v________ O- j- b-o l-j-n- a-i o-a j- b-l- v-i-e-n-. ------------------------------------------ On je bio lijen, ali ona je bila vrijedna. 0
He was poor, but she was rich. On je-b-o -----aš--, ali-on- je b-la--ogat-. O_ j_ b__ s_________ a__ o__ j_ b___ b______ O- j- b-o s-r-m-š-n- a-i o-a j- b-l- b-g-t-. -------------------------------------------- On je bio siromašan, ali ona je bila bogata. 0
He had no money, only debts. On-n-j--i--o---vac---n----dug-v-. O_ n___ i___ n______ n___ d______ O- n-j- i-a- n-v-c-, n-g- d-g-v-. --------------------------------- On nije imao novaca, nego dugove. 0
He had no luck, only bad luck. On n----im-o sreć-- n-go---h. O_ n___ i___ s_____ n___ p___ O- n-j- i-a- s-e-e- n-g- p-h- ----------------------------- On nije imao sreće, nego peh. 0
He had no success, only failure. On n--- i--o--s----, n----ne--pj-h. O_ n___ i___ u______ n___ n________ O- n-j- i-a- u-p-e-, n-g- n-u-p-e-. ----------------------------------- On nije imao uspjeh, nego neuspjeh. 0
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied. O- ni-- b-o-zad------n,---go -eza-o-o-ja-. O_ n___ b__ z__________ n___ n____________ O- n-j- b-o z-d-v-l-a-, n-g- n-z-d-v-l-a-. ------------------------------------------ On nije bio zadovoljan, nego nezadovoljan. 0
He was not happy, but sad. On nij- -io sr-tan--n-go-n-s-et-n. O_ n___ b__ s______ n___ n________ O- n-j- b-o s-e-a-, n-g- n-s-e-a-. ---------------------------------- On nije bio sretan, nego nesretan. 0
He was not friendly, but unfriendly. O--n--e -i- ---p--i-an, nego-a-ti-a-i-an. O_ n___ b__ s__________ n___ a___________ O- n-j- b-o s-m-a-i-a-, n-g- a-t-p-t-č-n- ----------------------------------------- On nije bio simpatičan, nego antipatičan. 0

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As soon as a person is born, he communicates with others. Babies cry when they want something. They can already say a few simple words at a few months of age. With two years, they can say sentences of about three words. You can't influence when children begin to speak. But you can influence how well children learn their native language! For that, however, you have to consider a few things. Above all, it's important that the child is always motivated when learning. He must recognize that he's succeeding in something when he speaks. Babies like a smile as positive feedback. Older children look for dialogue with their environment. They orient themselves towards the language of the people around them. Therefore the language skills of their parents and educators are important. Children must also learn that language is valuable! However, they should always have fun in the process. Reading aloud to them shows children how exciting language can be. Parents should also do as much as possible with their child. When a child experiences many things, he wants to talk about them. Children growing up bilingual need firm rules. They have to know which language should be spoken with whom. This way their brain can learn to differentiate between the two languages. When children start going to school, their language changes. They learn a new colloquial language. Then it's important that the parents pay attention to how their child speaks. Studies show that the first language is stamped on the brain forever. What we learn as children accompanies us for the rest of our lives. He who learns his native language properly as a child will profit from it later. He learns new things faster and better – not only foreign languages…