No. 4 in Croatian
su
"Su" in Croatian means "are" (third person plural of "to be").
In a sentence
Oni su jako dobri prijatelji.
They are very good friends.
The word 'su' is the third person plural form of the verb 'to be' (biti), used here to express a state of being as friends.
Moji roditelji su uvijek zauzeti.
My parents are always busy.
In this sentence, 'su' is used as the linking verb in the present tense, connecting the subject 'Moji roditelji' to the predicate 'uvijek zauzeti'.
Tamo su knjige koje tražiš.
There are the books you're looking for.
Here, 'su' denotes existence and associates the subject 'knjige' with its location 'Tamo'.
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