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pozajmiti

позајмити

pozájmiti · /pozǎːjmiti/ · perfective

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VERB
  1. (to someone, + acc.) to lend
    Možeš li da mi pozajmiš hiljadu dinara do petka? — Can you lend me a thousand dinars until Friday?
    Pozajmila sam komšinici usisivač. — I lent my neighbour the vacuum cleaner.
  2. (from someone, od + gen.) to borrow
    Pozajmio sam auto od brata za vikend. — I borrowed my brother's car for the weekend.
    Morali smo da pozajmimo novac od banke. — We had to borrow money from the bank.
  3. (of words, ideas) to borrow; to adopt
    Srpski je mnogo reči pozajmio iz turskog. — Serbian borrowed many words from Turkish.

The construction shows the direction: pozajmiti kome nešto = to lend to someone, pozajmiti nešto od koga = to borrow from someone.

AI Updated 29 September 2026