No. 438 in Slovenian
premalo
"Premalo" means "too little" or "not enough" in English.
In a sentence
Imamo premalo časa, da bi dokončali nalogo.
We have too little time to complete the task.
In this sentence, 'premalo' is used to express an insufficient amount of time.
Premalo sladkorja je v tej torti.
There's too little sugar in this cake.
Here, 'premalo' is used to describe a deficiency in the quantity of sugar for the cake.
Premalo ljudi se zaveda pomembnosti tega problema.
Too few people are aware of the importance of this issue.
In this case, 'premalo' indicates an insufficient number of people.
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