Serbo-Croatian edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *terbati.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /trêbati/
  • Hyphenation: тре‧ба‧ти

Verb edit

тре̏бати impf (Latin spelling trȅbati)

  1. (transitive) to need, require
    Мислила сам да требаш помоћ.I thought you might need help.
  2. (impersonal) to be necessary, one should
    Требао бих о томе разговарати с оцемI should discuss it with my father
    Јеси ли сигуран да бисмо требали радити ово?Are you sure we should be doing this?
    Нисмо то требали учинити.We shouldn' t have done it.
  3. (impersonal) to be supposed to, to have to
    Само ми требаш в(ј)еровати.You just have to trust me on it.
    Тко га је требао зауставити?Who was supposed to stop him?

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