No. 25 in Serbian
рекао
"Rekao" means "said" in English.
In a sentence
Рекао је истину о том догађају.
He said the truth about that event.
Here 'рекао' is the third person singular masculine past tense form of the verb 'речи' (to say). It refers to a specific action completed in the past of the subject.
Рекао сам ти да ће каснити.
I told you he would be late.
'Рекао сам' combines 'рекао' with 'сам,' the auxiliary verb for first-person singular to form the past tense, expressing the speaker's action in telling something.
Нико није рекао ништа о проблему.
Nobody said anything about the problem.
The word 'рекао' is used in past tense to negate an action along with 'нико' (nobody), illustrating its use in a negative statement.
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