No. 697 in Slovenian
tleh
The Slovenian word "tleh" means "ground" or "floor" in English.
In a sentence
Pred našo hišo so na tleh zimske gume.
In front of our house, there are winter tires on the ground.
Here, 'tleh' is in the locative case, indicating the location 'on the ground' where the tires are situated.
Ko je padel, je obležal na tleh in poklical na pomoč.
When he fell, he remained lying on the ground and called for help.
In this sentence, 'tleh' denotes the location where the person landed and stayed upon falling.
Vse igrače na tleh so bile razmetane.
All the toys on the ground were scattered.
The word 'tleh' here is used to specify the location of the toys, emphasizing the spatial relation to the ground.
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