biti

to be; (sȃm, with a long accent, is the adjective «alone»: Ja sam sȃm)

быть; (sȃm, с долгим ударением — прил. «один, сам»: Ja sam sȃm)

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Core frequency I

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Reading fluencyThe five vowelsSyllabic rSpelling je and ijeTogether vs apartNominative formsSubject & predicate nominativeAccusative prepositions (direction)

Next to it in the phrasebook

• uin; into
• naon; at; onto, to (a place, an event); for (a planned length: for a…
• zafor; in (of time: in five minutes, in an hour); behind (where: +…
• sawith (+ Instr.; also s); off, from (+ Gen.: off the roof)
• ȍdfrom; of; than (+ Gen.: bigger than me)
• dȍto; until
• oabout (a topic: + Loc.); against (hitting something: + Acc.)
• pȍalong, per; all over (a place); in (the rain); according to (the…
• ȉzout of; from (a place of origin: from Serbia)
• kȍdat (someone’s); by, near; to (someone’s: to the doctor’s)

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