No. 139 in Croatian
osim
"Osim" means "except" or "besides" in English.
In a sentence
Osim što voli čitati, Ana često planinari.
Besides loving to read, Ana often hikes.
Here, 'osim' introduces an additional activity that Ana enjoys.
Nema puno toga osim ove knjige na polici.
There isn't much besides this book on the shelf.
In this sentence, 'osim' limits the items being referred to.
Nisam primijetio ništa osim tišine u sobi.
I didn't notice anything except silence in the room.
Here, 'osim' denotes the exclusion of anything other than the perceived silence.
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