VOCAB.RS

umesto

уместо

/ǔmesto/

Ru

PREPOSITION

(+ gen.) instead of

Popiću čaj umesto kafe. — I'll have tea instead of coffee.

Otišla je na sastanak umesto mene. — She went to the meeting instead of me.
(in umesto da) instead of doing

Umesto da uči, ceo dan igra igrice. — Instead of studying, he plays games all day.

Takes the genitive; before a verb use "umesto da" + present tense.