No. 53 in Slovenian
dejal
"Dejal" means "said" in English.
In a sentence
Moj brat je dejal, da bo prišel na obisk.
My brother said that he would come for a visit.
In this context, 'dejal' is used as the past tense form of the verb meaning 'said' used to report speech or a statement made in the past.
Ko je naš učitelj dejal, da bomo imeli test, so vsi hitro začeli študirati.
When our teacher said that we would have a test, everyone quickly started studying.
Here 'dejal' again means 'said' and serves to recount a statement from someone, specifically introducing indirect speech.
Deklica je dejala, da ne potrebuje pomoči.
The girl said that she does not need help.
In this sentence, 'dejal' is conjugated as 'dejala' to match the feminine subject, maintaining the meaning of 'said' for reporting speech.
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