No. 32 in Slovenian

tega

The Slovenian word "tega" translates to "of this" or "this" (genitive singular) in English.

In a sentence

Ne poznam odgovora na tega vprašanja.
I don't know the answer to this question.
In this sentence, 'tega' is the genitive singular form of 'ta' (this) and is used to modify the masculine noun 'vprašanja' in the genitive case.
Oprosti, nimam časa za razlago tega.
Sorry, I don't have time for explaining this.
Here, 'tega' is used in the genitive case to refer to the demonstrative pronoun of something unspecified or previously mentioned.
Vzrok za vse to lahko najdemo v zgodovini tega prostora.
The reason for all this can be found in the history of this place.
In this instance, 'tega' is modifying the masculine noun 'prostora' in the genitive singular case to specify 'this place.'

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