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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 61 Cake is Eaten: Passive Adjecves 358 / 600

verb

naučiti («) perf. learn

pržiti fry

otvoriti («) perf. open

zatvoriti («) perf. close

platiti perf. pay

shvatiti perf. understand

vratiti perf. return

pass. adj.

naučen learned

pržen fried

otvoren open

zatvoren closed

plaćen paid

shvaćen understood

vraćen returned

For example:

Škola N je zatvorena N . The school is closed.

Stojim pred otvorenim vratima I . I’m standing in front of the open door. stajati

Knjiga N je vraćena N . The book is returned.

Račun N nije bio plaćen N . The bill was not paid.

Other consonants and consonant groups undergo more complicated changes. Bear

in mind, the infinitive is not important here, but the pres-3:

verb

pass. adj.

baciti perf. throw bačen thrown

spasiti perf. rescue ® spašen rescued

zaraziti perf. infect zaražen infected

vidjeti (vidi) see viđen seen

voljeti (voli) love voljen loved ®

napuniti perf. fill up napunjen filled up ®

kupiti perf. buy kupljen bought ®

napraviti perf. make napravljen made ®

primiti perf. receive primljen received ®

For example:

Auto N je napravljen N u Poljskoj DL , a kupljen N ovdje. The car is made in Poland

and bought here.

Poruka je već primljena. The message is already received.

Moj auto N je popravljen N . My car has been repaired.

The last sentence can be used to translate I got my car repaired from the previous

chapter (the verb is popraviti perf. repair; it will be introduced in 79 You’re Wrong

and Other Phrases).

Other verbs that have pres-3 ending in -i follow the patterns of the verbs above; if

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