čim

See also: cim, çım, CIM, cím, and čím

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tʃîːm/

PronounEdit

čȋm (Cyrillic spelling чи̑м)

1. instrumental of što

   S čim si to izradio?

   What did you make that with?

2. (in comparison, used with tim) the... the...

   Čim ranije, tim bolje.

   The sooner, the better.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of čim

	singular/plural
nominative	štȍ, štȁ
genitive	čèga, čȅg
dative	čèmu
accusative	štȍ
vocative	—
locative	čȅm, čèmu
instrumental	čȋm, číme

ConjunctionEdit

čȋm (Cyrillic spelling чи̑м)

1. as soon as, once, when

   Čim si blizu, nazovi me! ― As soon as you are close, call me!

   Doći ću čim stignem! ― I will come as soon as I can!

2. (dated) since, because

   Čim ima oblaka, bit će i kiše.

   Since there are clouds, it will also rain.

ReferencesEdit

• “čim”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2018