za

for; in (of time: in five minutes, in an hour); behind (where: + Instr.; where to: + Acc.); at (a table); after, following (+ Instr.); by (of a difference: + Acc.)

для; за (и о сроке: за час); через (о времени: через 5 минут); за, позади (где? + Твор.; куда? + Вин.); следом за (+ Твор.); на (о разнице: + Вин.)

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Core frequency I

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The consonant inventoryStress across a word’s formsAccusative prepositions (direction)Accusative of timeSpatial genitive prepositionsAbstract & temporal genitive prepositionsInstrumental formsInstrumental of means

Next to it in the phrasebook

• uin; into
• naon; at; onto, to (a place, an event); for (a planned length: for a…
• 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)
• iand; as a particle, even or too (I ja to znam)

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