ostaviti
to leave (something somewhere; perfective)
оставить (сов. вид)
In Cyrillic
оставити
Examples from the lessons
Onda ću ti ostaviti ključ kod komšije.
Тогда я оставлю тебе ключ у соседа.
Future word order & spellingBaš je bilo pametno ostaviti ključeve u kolima.
Очень умно было оставить ключи в машине.
Humour, irony and body languageAppears in lessons
Appears in immersion pieces
Dr. Brand, Murph, and the Matt Damon Surprise · London: Wind, City Lights, and Hard Reality · Forgot the parchment: flipping and saving it · Why we couldn’t enter Lazareva Cave · Trans fats + sugar: food that “doesn’t spoil” · Baš-Čelik (Steel-Man) · Gojko the dog decides he’s coming with us · Medical tests in Serbia in a few hours · The hitchhiker who led to a cemetery · At the folk healer’s: the door opened by itself · Honey Heart Cake: A 3-Minute Recipe · Rice with egg: a 200-dinar cooking fail · Buyers keep coming, but energy is fading · Moving to the village—yet farming doesn’t pay · Words in rock: ‘our reason for living’ · Cutting and tasting: soft or crunchy? · The Black Hole: Wow Moment & Questions · From three hives to ninety · Chicken with Rice and Curry in 20 Minutes · How to store whey: glass only · Love as the Story Engine · Beginner rule: 3–4 full-body workouts/week · Justice and Injustice · Sprint for a purchase: six minutes and “number two” · The Finale: Meeting His Daughter, Then Leaving · Lemon turns milk into cheese · Cows, a stalking donkey, and packing advice · Break it, then glue it: 8 days of stress · When passion hits: taxi and the 8th floor · Delivery to the ICU: where to leave the order? · Zasavica: why going offline in nature works · Western prices and a 20,000-dinar receipt · Hunting for a “Christmas tree” branch (and trying not to step in poop) · Found cash in pockets—still not a plan · Mistakes and a bonus: Rooting basil cuttings · Decorations for 500 dinars: mission failed · 2–3 weeks off sugar: how not to relapse