No. 24 in Slovenian
smo
"Smo" means "we are" in English.
In a sentence
Smo na poti domov.
We are on the way home.
The word 'smo' is the first-person plural present tense of 'biti' (to be), indicating 'we are' in English.
Danes smo obiskali muzej.
Today we visited the museum.
The word 'smo' in this sentence serves as an auxiliary verb forming the past tense of 'obiskati' for the first-person plural.
Mi smo tisti, ki smo pripravili prezentacijo.
We are the ones who prepared the presentation.
The word 'smo' appears twice: first as a copula in 'we are', and second as an auxiliary verb for the past participle 'pripravili'.
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