No. 163 in Croatian
imala
"Imala" means "had" (feminine singular past tense of "to have").
In a sentence
Imala je puno knjiga u svojoj biblioteci.
She had many books in her library.
The word 'imala' is used as the past-tense form of the verb 'imati' (to have) to indicate possession in the past.
Kad je bila mlada, imala je psa.
When she was young, she had a dog.
Here, 'imala' is again the past tense of 'imati', showing possession of a dog in her younger days.
Imala je priliku posjetiti Francusku prošle godine.
She had the opportunity to visit France last year.
In this sentence, 'imala' is used to express the past possession of an abstract concept, an opportunity.
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