No. 851 in Slovenian

rekli

"Rekli" means "said" in English (past tense of "to say").

In a sentence

Rekli so, da je danes lepo vreme.
They said that the weather is nice today.
In this sentence, 'rekli' is the past tense plural form of 'reči,' meaning 'to say,' and the subject is they.
Če bi rekli resnico, bi bilo vse lažje.
If they had told the truth, everything would have been easier.
Here, 'rekli' is used in a hypothetical context, showing its application in conditional sentences.
Slišal sem, da so rekli, naj počakamo tukaj.
I heard that they said we should wait here.
In this example, 'rekli' introduces indirect speech, indicating what was conveyed by others.

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