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No. 136 in Croatian

naime

"Naime" means "namely" or "that is to say" in English.

In a sentence

  • Naime, uvijek volim istraživati nove kulture.

    Namely, I always love exploring new cultures.

    'Naime' is introducing a clarification or elaboration to the previous statements.

  • Planiramo izlet za vikend; naime, u posjetu starom gradu.

    We are planning a trip for the weekend; namely, to visit the old town.

    'Naime' is used to specify information about the trip that was introduced earlier.

  • Ne mogu doći na sastanak, naime, imam važan obiteljski događaj.

    I cannot attend the meeting, namely, because I have an important family event.

    Here 'naime' provides a clarification or reasoning for the statement made before.

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