No. 293 in Croatian
jednostavno
Simply.
In a sentence
Ovo je jednostavno jelo za napraviti.
This is a simple dish to make.
The word 'jednostavno' here is used as an adjective meaning 'simple' or 'easy' to describe the dish.
Samo jednostavno reci što misliš.
Just simply say what you think.
In this case, 'jednostavno' works as an adverb meaning 'simply', elaborating on the manner in which to say something.
Jednostavno ne mogu vjerovati što sam upravo čuo.
I simply cannot believe what I just heard.
Here, 'jednostavno' is used as an adverb to emphasize the disbelief in the statement.
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