Meaning of да | Babel Free
Definitions
- that
- in order to, to
- to (when the subjects of both clauses are not the same)
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to (when the subjects of both clauses are the same; for western Serbo-Croatian use infinitive instead of да + present tense) Serbia
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if (= кад) subjunctive
- as if, like
- without (usually after negative verbs)
- even if
- lest
Examples
“рекао је да ће доћи”
he said that he would come
“одговорио сам му да немам појма о чему прича”
I've told him that I have no idea what he was talking about
“дошао је да ми све исприча”
he came to tell me everything
“стигао је у нашу земљу да научи наш језик”
he arrived in our country in order to learn our language
“он хоће да му покажете пут до станице”
he wants you to show him the way to the station
“он жели да прича с вама”
he wants to talk with you
“да сам на вашем м(ј)есту, не бих се пуно замарао таквим детаљима”
if I were you, I wouldn't bother too much with such details
“да си више радио, зарадио би више новца”
if you worked harder, you would have earned more money
“с(ј)ећам се, као да је било јуче(р)”
I remember, as if it were yesterday
“као да не знаш о чему причам”
as if you don't know what I'm talking about
“не могу се укључити у расправу, а да не направим неред”
I cannot enter a discussion without making a mess
“одлази, а да није рекао ни збогом”
he's leaving without even saying goodbye
“а и да јесам то направио, не би то учинило неку разлику”
even if I did it, it wouldn't have made much of a difference
“онај који се бори против чудовишта треба пазити да тиме и сам не постане чудовиште”
he who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster
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