No. 868 in Slovenian

vedeli

"Vedeli" means "knew" (past tense of "to know").

In a sentence

Mi nismo vedeli, da jutri dežuje.
We did not know that it would rain tomorrow.
In this sentence, 'vedeli' is used as the past tense form of the verb 'vedeti', indicating a knowledge about an event in the past.
Vedeli boste vse odgovore po koncu testa.
You will know all the answers after the test.
Here, 'vedeli' is employed in a future sense with the auxiliary verb 'boste', suggesting acquiring knowledge in the future.
Ali ste vedeli, da je Triglav najvišja gora v Sloveniji?
Did you know that Triglav is the highest mountain in Slovenia?
In this question, 'vedeli' is used in a past participle form to inquire about prior knowledge.

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