čim

See also: cim, çım, CIM, cím, and čím

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• čime

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃim/

Pronoun

čȋm (Cyrillic spelling чи̑м)

1. instrumental of što

   S čim si to izradio? ― What did you make that with?

2. (in comparisons, used with tim) the, as

   Čim ranije, tim bolje. ― The sooner, the better.

Declension

Declension of čim

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

Conjunction

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 mogu! ― I will come as soon as I can!

   Reći ću mu čim stignem! ― I will tell him as soon as I arrive!

2. since, because

   Čim ima oblaka, bit će i kiše. ― Since there are clouds, it will also rain.

References

• “čim”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024