No. 1 in Serbian
и
"And."
In a sentence
Имао сам времена и отишао до продавнице.
I had time and went to the store.
In this sentence, 'и' is used as a conjunction meaning 'and', linking two actions.
И по киши сам ишао у парк.
Even in the rain, I went to the park.
'И' is used in an emphatic context, equivalent to 'even' in English, to stress the conditions under which the action took place.
Маша и Петар су пријатељи.
Masha and Petar are friends.
Here, 'и' functions as a simple conjunction to connect the subjects in the sentence.
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