No. 135 in Croatian
trebao
"Trebao" means "needed" or "should have" (masculine past tense form).
In a sentence
Trebao bih učiti više kako bih prošao ispit.
I should study more in order to pass the exam.
Here, 'trebao' is used to express a necessity or recommendation, meaning 'should'.
On je rekao da bih trebao pomoći susjedima.
He said that I should help the neighbors.
In this context, 'trebao' is part of an indirect speech to express a recommendation.
Da sam znao, trebao bih donijeti kišobran.
If I had known, I should have brought an umbrella.
In this example, 'trebao' is used in a conditional sense, discussing a hypothetical recommendation.
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