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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 34 Stressed Pronouns 201 / 600

• Examples

This ambitious love song, Mjesto za mene A place for me, performed by Damir

Urban & 4 contains a lot of stressed pronouns:

Ti N zbog mene G , You because of me

ja N zbog sebe G me because of myself

Pitam se

I ask myself

ima li te G uopće are you there at all

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Ima li tu

Is there

mjesta G za mene A a place for me

Sasvim mala rupa N je A really small hole is

dovoljna N enough

Da se ušuljam To sneak

u tebe A into you

(Damir Urban)

You can listen to it on YouTube.

The preposition zbog because of requires a noun or pronoun in G; for more details,

see 50 Because, In Order To, Why: Reasons.

The adverb sasvim actually means completely, but I decided to translate it nonliterally.

Also, note that Damir Urban uses the Standard stress, or something very

close to it.

The questions ima li te and ima li tu mjesta use the verb imati have in existential

phrases; for more details, see 45 Quantities and Existence.

The verb ušuljati («) se² means sneak in. It’s another perfective verb. It’s preceded

by a da, which here translates as to; it’s a purpose clause (why is it enough?). For

more on purpose clauses, see again chapter 50.

• Exercise

Fill in the following sentences, using kod¨:

Ključ ________(a) ______(b) ________(c). You (sing.) don’t have the key.

Išli ______(d) ______(e) ______(f). We went to her home.

Fill in the following sentences:

Pas ____(g) boji __________(h). The dog is afraid of him.

____________(i) ____(j) za ______(k). The cakes are for you (guys).

Check answers here.

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