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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 71 Suggesons, Permissions and More Verbs 412 / 600

prefix used with meaning

A

release, let go

(none)

DL + clause allow (colloq.)

do- DL + clause allow

popre-

A DL relinquish, give over

is- A drop, let drop, emit

na- A abandon, leave behind

o- A relax (body)

pro- A miss, skip

s- A lower, descend

DL

give in

(A) loosen

The most straightforward verb pair is derived with o-. It means relax, but only body,

someone’s behavior or a body part; an object in A is mandatory, so you’ll often need

a se²:

Ana N se opušta. Ana is relaxing.

If you are relaxing something else (grip on something, belt, laws...) you have to use

another verb.

The na- pair means abandon, and is simply used with objects in A:

Vlasnici N su napustili kuću A . The owners abandoned the house.

The pro- pair basically means ‘fail to catch something’ - either what was said, or a

bus, or any opportunity:

Propustio si dobar film A jučer. You missed a good movie yesterday.

The is- pair is mostly used when something is dropped in a sequence, i.e. you

dropped a letter when typing or writing. However, it’s also used to describe emitting

sounds and smells.

The pair derived with s- has a completely unrelated meaning: it means lower:

Spustio sam rolete A . I lowered the blinds. ®

The noun roleta A (window) blind often used in plural, even when it refers to a single

thing, but it can be used in singular too.

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® The construction ne dati° se² + DL seems to be almost completely unknown in

Serbia. Instead, another verb is used, also impersonally, but not negated: mrziti

hate. In the “Ekavian” pronunciation, standard in Serbia, the verb has the form

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