No. 753 in Slovenian
postalo
"Postalo" in Slovenian means "became" in English.
In a sentence
Sončno vreme je postalo oblačno.
The sunny weather became cloudy.
In this sentence, 'postalo' is used as the past tense of the verb 'postati,'meaning 'to become.' It describes a change in the state of the weather.
Zelo hitro sem postalo utrujeno med telovadbo.
I became tired very quickly during the workout.
Here, 'postalo' is used reflexively to show a personal change in state of being tired.
Gradivo je postalo zastarelo zaradi novih odkritij.
The material became outdated due to new discoveries.
In this usage, 'postalo' indicates a shift in the condition of the material, describing a change over time due to external factors.
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