No. 343 in Slovenian
minut
"Minut" in Slovenian means "minutes" in English.
In a sentence
Potreboval sem deset minut, da sem prišel do trgovine.
I needed ten minutes to get to the store.
In this sentence, 'minut' is used as a part of the expression 'deset minut,' referring to a duration of time in minutes.
Sestanek je trajal dvajset minut.
The meeting lasted twenty minutes.
Here, 'minut' indicates the length of time for which the meeting continued, used in the phrase 'dvajset minut'.
Po petih minutah čakanja smo se odločili oditi.
After five minutes of waiting, we decided to leave.
In this example, 'minut' appears in the phrase 'petih minut,' which denotes a specific quantity of time elapsed in minutes, emphasized by the preposition 'po'.
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