хиљада

In a sentence

• Video sam hiljadu ptica na nebu.

  I saw a thousand birds in the sky.

  Here, 'хиљада' is used as a part of a numerical expression indicating the exact number 1000.

• Na koncertu je bilo nekoliko хиљада ljudi.

  There were several thousand people at the concert.

  In this sentence, 'хиљада' is used to represent an approximate large amount described as 'several thousand'.

• Ta planina je visoka nekoliko хиљада metara.

  That mountain is several thousand meters tall.

  Here, 'хиљада' is used similarly to denote a descriptive measurement of magnitude in the range of thousand.