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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