No. 181 in Serbian

имао

"Имао" means "had" in English.

In a sentence

Иван је имао довољно времена да заврши посао.
Ivan had enough time to finish the job.
The word 'имао' here denotes possession in the past, indicating that Ivan possessed sufficient time.
Да сам имао књигу, показао бих вам.
If I had had the book, I would have shown it to you.
In this sentence, 'имао' is used in a conditional past tense construction, illustrating a hypothetical past possession.
Прошлог лета сам имао неколико занимљивих искустава.
Last summer, I had several interesting experiences.
'Имао' conveys past possession or occurrence of experiences, focusing on events in the past.

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