No. 278 in Slovenian
policisti
"Policisti" means "policemen" or "police officers" in English.
In a sentence
Policisti so pomagali starcu prečkati cesto.
The police officers helped the elderly man cross the street.
In this sentence, 'policisti' refers to multiple officers of the law as the subject performing an action of assistance.
Na trgu so policisti opazovali dogajanje.
At the square, the police officers were observing the events.
Here, 'policisti' is used as a plural subject indicating that they were present and actively observing a situation.
Policisti morajo biti vedno pripravljeni na hitro ukrepanje.
The police officers must always be ready to act quickly.
In this sentence, 'policisti' is being used to generalize and talk about the role and expectations of officers of the law.
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