nikada

In a sentence

• Nikada nisam bio u Francuskoj.

  I have never been to France.

  In this sentence, 'nikada' means 'never' and refers to an action that has not occurred at any point in the speaker's life.

• Ako ne paziš, nikada nećeš naučiti.

  If you don't pay attention, you will never learn.

  Here, 'nikada' implies a future state or possibility where the action 'learn' would not happen.

• Rekao mi je da nikada nije vidio snijeg.

  He told me that he had never seen snow.

  'Nikada' in this context denotes the absence of the experience 'seeing snow' at any past time for the subject.