No. 799 in Serbian

пар

"Пар" in Serbian means "steam," "pair," or "money," depending on context.

In a sentence

У лонцу се дигла пара.
Steam has risen from the pot.
In this context, 'пар' ('пара' in the singular nominative case) refers to water steam or vapor.
На столу је пар књига.
There are a few books on the table.
Here, 'пар' means 'a pair' or 'a few,' indicating a small number of items.
Живе од плате до плате, а једва саставе крај с крајем са тим паром.
They live paycheck to paycheck and barely make ends meet with that money.
In this sentence, 'паром' (the instrumental case of 'пар') refers to monetary funds or means.

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