Lingomir
verb

čekati

to wait

ждать

With stress

čȅkati

In Cyrillic

чекати

Examples from the lessons

Isplati se čekati.

Стоит подождать (окупится).

treba & valja

Rekla je da će nas čekati.

Она сказала, что будет нас ждать.

Direct & indirect speech

Požuri da ne zakasniš, tolika je gužva da ćeš čekati red.

Поторопись, чтобы не опоздать, там такая толчея, что будешь стоять в очереди.

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