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A thought changes shape with its owner
The present tense of misliti is mislim, misliš, misli, mislimo, mislite, misle. Serbian normally omits the personal pronoun, so misliš alone already means “you think.” Add the pronoun when you want contrast: Ja mislim jedno, a ti misliš drugo.
Two patterns are especially useful. Mislim da… introduces an opinion: Mislim da je film odličan. Mislim o… means that someone or something occupies your thoughts and requires the locative: Mislim o putovanju.
Thoughts travelling in five directions
| Latinica | Ћирилица | English |
|---|---|---|
| Mislim da će sutra padati sneg. | Мислим да ће сутра падати снег. | I think it will snow tomorrow. |
| O čemu misliš dok čekaš voz? | О чему мислиш док чекаш воз? | What do you think about while waiting for the train? |
| Moja baka misli o svom starom vrtu. | Моја бака мисли о свом старом врту. | My grandmother is thinking about her old garden. |
| Mislimo da je ovo pošten dogovor. | Мислимо да је ово поштен договор. | We think this is a fair agreement. |
| Oni često misle na prijatelje u inostranstvu. | Они често мисле на пријатеље у иностранству. | They often think of their friends abroad. |
Da, o or na?
Use da before a complete clause expressing an opinion. Use o + locative for considering a topic. The phrase misliti na + accusative commonly means keeping a person, object or obligation in mind: Mislim na tebe; Misli na ispit.
A thought experiment in five moves
- Complete: Ja ______ da si u pravu.
- Complete: Vi ______ veoma praktično.
- Choose: Mislim da / o je odgovor tačan.
- Add the correct form after o: Razgovaramo i mislimo o ______. (budućnost)
- Write in Cyrillic: Oni misle na svoj sledeći korak.
Clearer thoughts, correct forms
- mislim
- mislite
- da
- budućnosti
- Они мисле на свој следећи корак.
Make one personal sentence with each pattern: what you believe, what topic you are considering and who is on your mind.
Marina Petrović