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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 23 I’m Cold: Basic Impressions 135 / 600
Such expressions are often used to express what English expresses with favorite:
Ovo N je omiljena knjiga N . ‘This a beloved book.’
Ovo N mi DL je omiljena knjiga N . This is my favorite book. (‘beloved to me’)
Ani DL je ovo N omiljena pjesma N . This is Ana’s favorite song.
The adjective omiljen doesn’t really mean favorite, it’s more beloved, popular,
preferred.
You can express the same using a possessive adjective, but it’s less common in
speech:
Ovo N je Anina omiljena knjiga N . This is Ana’s favorite book.
Instead of the adjective omiljen, you’ll hear also these adjectives in this role:
najbolji best najdraži most liked, most dear
For example:
Ovo N mi DL je najdraža pjesma N . This is my most favorite song.
(The use of najbolji best in these expressions is quite colloquial. These two
adjectives, starting with naj-, are superlatives; they will be described in 63 Bigger and
Better: Comparatives.)
There are a couple of verbs that behave kind of similar to expressions above. The
most important one is:
trebati need/should
When used with the meaning need, it can be used simply as any verb that uses the
accusative case:
Trebam čašu A . (A) I need a glass.
However, it’s a bit more common to use this verb with what you need as the subject
(in N) and one who needs in DL:
Treba mi DL čaša N . (N) (the same meaning!)
Observe how the verb in the second sentence is in the pres-3 form, since čaša glass
is its subject!®
Then, there are two verbs which express something or somebody is lacking or
missing:
nedostajati (nedostaje)
faliti (colloq.)
lack/miss
The verb faliti is quite colloquial, but you’ll see it in fiction books. These verbs are
used with what is missing as the subject:
Jedan dio N nedostaje. A part is missing.
nedostajati
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