adverb
kao
like, as (comparing); as, in the role of (kao student, as a student; colloquial filler “like, sort of”: Bilo je kao čudno)
как (при сравнении), словно; в качестве (kao student — будучи студентом; разгов. заполнитель «типа, как бы»: Bilo je kao čudno)
With stress
kȁo
In Cyrillic
као
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- Abstract & temporal genitive prepositionsPredicate & temporalSyntax of comparisonPresent verbal adverbEpistemic modalityAdvice, bans and hearsayPurpose, manner & comparative clausesRunning a conversation
Next to it in the phrasebook
- nȅgobut rather (after a negative); than (bigger than I am; opening a…
- ȍdfrom; of; than (+ Gen.: bigger than me)
- pȍpūtlike, resembling (+ Gen.; more bookish than kao)
- nȅgo štȍthan (before a clause; od cannot be used here)
- slȉčansimilar (na + Acc.)
- rázlikovati seto differ, to be different (od + Gen.)
- za rȁzliku odunlike, in contrast to (+ genitive)
- ȉsto kȁothe same as, just like (same as before)
- vȉšē nȅgomore than (more than enough)
- mȁnje nȅgoless than, fewer than