No. 293 in Serbian
почетка
The Serbian word "почетка" means "beginning" in English.
In a sentence
Од почетка наше сарадње све је ишло глатко.
From the beginning of our collaboration, everything went smoothly.
In this sentence, the term 'почетка' is in the genitive singular form, used here to denote the starting point or initial phase of an activity or period.
Узбуђење се осећало након почетка концерта.
Excitement was felt after the beginning of the concert.
Here, 'почетка' still signifies the start of an event, and is again in the genitive singular form following a preposition that governs this case.
Био је присутан од почетка до краја састанка.
He was present from the beginning to the end of the meeting.
In this sentence, 'почетка' is used in coordination with another temporal term ('краја'), forming a pair to describe the duration of presence.
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