No. 200 in Croatian
bile
The Croatian word "bile" means "white" in English (feminine plural form).
In a sentence
Djevojke su bile sretne.
The girls were happy.
The word 'bile' serves as a past tense auxiliary verb in the second plural form of the verb 'to be', matching the plural feminine subject.
Njihove haljine bile su bijele.
Their dresses were white.
'Bile' acts again as a past tense auxiliary verb to support the state of the subject in plural feminine.
Mi smo ih pitali jesu li bile tamo.
We asked them if they had been there.
In this case, 'bile' is part of the past tense construction, corresponding to the plural feminine past participle in the subordinate clause.
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