No. 616 in Croatian

trebati

"To need" or "to have to."

In a sentence

Trebam tvoju pomoć.
I need your help.
In this sentence, 'trebati' is conjugated to match the first person singular subject and means 'to need'.
Trebala bi pročitati ovu knjigu.
You should read this book.
Here, 'trebati' is used in its subjunctive form ('trebala bi') to express a suggestion or recommendation.
Trebalo je puno vremena da stignemo.
It took a lot of time to arrive.
In this usage, 'trebati' functions to indicate something necessary or inevitable, conjugated in past tense.

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