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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 65 Carry, Bring, Drive: Transport Verbs 382 / 600

je povela .

Ana N je ponijela knjigu A . Ana took a book with her.

The verb pair derived from voditi with pre-, besides rare literal meaning, has

another, but very common meaning – translate:

Dario N je preveo pismo A . Dario has translated the letter.

prevesti past-m

The pre- pair uses origins and destinations, including when used as translate, so pay

attention that languages use prepositions s¨ / sa¨ + G and na¨ + A:

Ana N je prevela poruku A s njemačkog G na hrvatski A . Ana has prevesti past-f

translated the message from German to Croatian.

This table summarizes verb common verb pairs in this family:

-voditi («) ~ -vesti (-vede, -veo)

prefix used with meaning

do- A (DL) bring (here)*

iz- A lead out*, perform

pre- A bring over*, translate

od- A (od¨ G) take away*

u- A lead in*, introduce

pro- A (time) spend (time)

proiz- A produce, manufacture

Meanings indicated by an asterisk (*) have corresponding verbs derived from nositi:

the difference is that who or what is brought must be moving on its own, while verbs

derived from nositi imply carrying.

The verb pair derived with u- has an unexpected meaning: introduce:

Hrvatska N nije uvela euro A . Croatia haven’t introduced the euro. uvesti past-f

Likewise, the verb pair derived with iz- has a quite unexpected meaning: perform. It’s

not used without an object, you have to say what is performed:

Oni N će izvesti nekoliko pjesama G . They will perform several songs.

To express perform without an object, use the verb pair:

nastupati («) ~ nastupiti («) perform, take stage

For example:

Goran N nastupa u školi DL . Goran is performing in school.

Finally, two verb pairs, derived with pro- and pro-iz- have quite unexpected

meanings. The first pair means spend time (with someone, at some place) – with it,

you have to say what time is spent (in A) – two days, a night, a morning, etc.:

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