No. 734 in Slovenian
minuli
"Minuli" in Slovenian means "past" or "elapsed."
In a sentence
Minuli teden smo se vsi zbrali na družinskem srečanju.
Last week, we all gathered at a family gathering.
In this sentence, 'minuli' is used as an adjective to refer to the preceding week, denoting a time interval that has just finished.
Bil je spomin na minuli poletni dan, ki ga nikoli ne bom pozabil.
It was a memory of a past summer day that I will never forget.
Here, 'minuli' describes a summer day, referring to a specific day that has occurred in prior time.
Minuli časi so polni zgodb in naukov za prihodnost.
The bygone times are full of stories and lessons for the future.
In this example, 'minuli' is applied to 'časi' (times), implying periods of time that are now in the past.
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