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somewhere in between, and are used interchangeably.

There are also secondary, ‘iterative’ impf. verbs derived from semelfactive verbs. For

example:

pomisliti smlf. think for a moment → pomišljati («)

The relation of these two verbs is like kihnuti (...) vs. kihati (...) – the impf. verb

stands for a series of individual short thoughts, with unspecified time between the

thoughts (it could be hours, or days, or weeks, or more):

misliti impf. think

pomisliti smlf. think for a moment, once

pomišljati («) impf. think once a while

All three verbs are sometimes translated as think, which unfortunately hides various

shades of meaning.

Finally, there are verb pairs that can be understood either as normal impf.-perf.

pairs, or as iterative-semelfactive, depending on the context. Common pairs are:

bacati ~/~¹ baciti throw

pokaz ivati (-uje «) ~/~¹ pokazati (pokaže) show

In fact, most perf. verbs also can be used in this way, for short events, while most

impf. verbs can be also used for series of short events.

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® In Serbia, the verb mrziti hate has the unexpected “Ekavian” form mrzeti (mrzi).

In Serbia and most of Bosnia, the verb shvaćati understand has a bit different form

shvatati; there’s no difference for the inchoative verb.

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