No. 148 in Croatian
odmah
Immediately.
In a sentence
Moram odmah otići iz kuće.
I need to leave the house immediately.
Here, 'odmah' emphasizes the urgent need for action, translating to 'immediately'.
Odmah nakon večere idemo u šetnju.
Right after dinner, we are going for a walk.
In this sentence, 'odmah' defines an immediate sequence in time, meaning 'right after'.
Rekla mi je da joj odmah vratim knjigu.
She told me to return the book to her at once.
The word 'odmah' here conveys that the action of returning the book should happen without delay, meaning 'at once'.
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