Lingomir
adverb

zašto

why

почему, зачем

With stress

zȁšto

In Cyrillic

зашто

Examples from the lessons

A zašto stade?

А почему замер?

Past tenses in a story

Zašto ne dođeš?

Почему ты не приходишь?

Sentence intonation

Zašto se smeješ?

Почему ты смеёшься?

Wh-questions

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Appears in immersion pieces

Why Brutus turned on Caesar · Hunting for the “witch” market · A convertible in Belgrade isn’t relaxing · Study: carbs after training at night · Milk Hunt: “No Cappuccino Today” · How her pay rate jumped from 10 to 30 · Pruning basil: when and where to cut · He suddenly drops “Balkan Mysteries” down the list · No-yeast dough: what could go wrong · Games are boring: how to entertain yourself in isolation · Rice with egg: a 200-dinar cooking fail · A forest cabin with no internet and no TV · Why a Raise Isn’t Always Good: Taxes · Passports and work: UK, Germany, Switzerland · A 5-star hotel in Novi Sad: quick tour · Permanent job after COVID: the 6-month probation period · The Crooked Forest: trees bent like horseshoes · The Language of Animals · Morning in Novi Pazar: breakfast, coffee, and locals · Love as the Story Engine · First London job: classifieds + AutoCAD · Packet “meat” soup—and eggs inside · Why I never celebrated my birthday · The Bermuda Triangle: No Magic Involved · Fate (Usud) · 2018: The moment Serbian football could have changed · How it all led to late-night beans · Organic store with no juice: sparkling water to the rescue · Kosta Cukić: the man who brought back the dinar · The ‘silence conspiracy’ problem · Meeting his idol was scarier than proposing · Eat slowly, eat on schedule: the basics · Why he won’t buy a brand-new BMW · Hunting for a “Christmas tree” branch (and trying not to step in poop) · Modern hair systems: how it’s done · US Food: Dyes, Marketing, and 'Parrots' · Matic’s road: from small-town start to top clubs · “Is it all a joke?”: his excuses · Crystal-clear river and a crooked shepherd’s stick · Picked up at the airport and staying with friends · Near miss with a biker on Plavi most · Checking out our old apartment—“we’re not stalkers” · His wedding as the #1 life moment · Back home—my room is gone · Crazy challenge: a can from every store · A kitchen lecture: “listen to your elders” · The cheapest item at Hugo Boss: socks · Dinner for 200: Goca’s potatoes with margarine · A drone fortress find and a village with no sign · Why US Eggs Are Washed—and Chicken Smells · Beauty, but no people: a village fading

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