No. 608 in Slovenian
dal
"Dal" in Slovenian means "gave" (past tense of "give").
In a sentence
On mi je dal knjigo.
He gave me a book.
In this sentence, 'dal' is the third person singular past tense form of the verb 'dati' (to give), indicating that the subject gave something to someone.
Dal sem veliko truda v ta projekt.
I put a lot of effort into this project.
Here, 'dal' is the first person singular past tense form of the verb 'dati,' used to express that effort was put into an endeavor.
Kako si si dal ime?
How did you name yourself?
In this example, 'dal' again represents the past tense form of 'dati,' this time used reflexively to describe the act of giving oneself a name.
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