14 Common Verbs Sa-Sk

• säm°, bio ~ budem, —

N¹ N²	N¹ is N²
N ADJ-N	N is ADJ-N
Ø ADV	it's ADV
Ø G (#)	there's G* (#)

* used in past/future only, for present → imam, nemam

∆ bit "essence"

• sanjam

N (A) (o L)

N dreams (of A) (about L)

∆ san "dream, sleep"

• sastajem, sastajao ~ sastanem, sastao

N se (s I)

N meets I

∆ sastanak "meeting"

opp: → rastajem

• sastavljam ~ sastavim

N A	N assembles, puts together A

opp: → rastavljam

• shvaćam ~ shvatim

N (A)	N understands (A)
N da...	N understands that...
Ø se da...	it's understood that...

• sijëčem, sjëkäo, sjëkla, sjëći ~ po-

N A	N chops, hews, roughly cuts A to pieces

* used for rough cuts, for precise cuts: → rëžem

∆ sjëča "hewing down"

∆ sjëkira "ax"

• sjëćam ~ sjëtim

N se (da...)	N recalls, remembers (that...)
N se G	N recalls, remembers G

* used to retrieve past memories

∆ sjëćanje "recall"

→ pamtim

• sjëdim, sjëo, sjëla, sjësti

N (#)

N sits (#)

→ sjedam, ležim, stojim, čučim

• skačem, skakao ~ skočim

N (s G)

N jumps (from/off G)

∆ skok "jump"

• skidam ~ skinem

N A	N removes A, takes off A

• sklanjam ~ sklonim

N A (od G)	N moves A (away from G)
N se (od G)	N protects itself (from G), moves away (from G)

• sklapam ~ sklopim

N A	N folds up A
N oči	N closes eyes

• skraćujem, skraćivao ~ skratim

N A	N shortens A
N se	N shortens

opp: → produljujem

• skrećem, skretao ~ skrenem

N	N changes direction
N s I	N deviates from I
N A¹ (na A²)	N changes A¹'s direction (to A²)
N na A	N changes direction to A, turns to A*

* used e.g. when driving

• skrivam ~ skrijem, skrio

N A	N hides A
N se	N hides, is in hiding

→ otkrivam