Zahvalnost nekome ko je pomogao ili nešto dao.
Gratitude to someone who helped or gave something.
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See how the word “hvala” is used in sentences
Hvala na pomoći. — Thanks for the help.
Hvala, ne treba mi ništa više. — Thanks, I don't need anything else.
Rekla je samo tiho hvala i otišla. — She just said a quiet thank you and left.
Hvala, to mnogo pomaže. — Thanks, that helps a lot.
Hvala! Preuzimam odavde. — Thanks! I'll take it from here.
Mahnuo je i nemo izgovorio hvala. — He waved and mouthed thanks.
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Download the app for free Serbian vocabulary testHvala comes from hvaliti, to praise — the thanks is literally praise directed at the person who helped. It is invariable and takes no endings of its own.
To make it warmer you add an adjective, and that adjective is where the Serbian-Croatian split shows: hvala lepo in Serbia, hvala lijepo in Bosnia and Croatia, the same word with and without the ije. Who you thank goes in the dative: hvala ti to a friend, hvala vam to anyone else. And on its own, hvala politely declines an offer, exactly like English no, thanks.
molim please — and you're welcome, and pardon?
One word doing three jobs. As a reply to hvala it works, and it also means sorry, what? when you did not catch something.
zdravo hello
The everyday greeting hvala usually travels with.
nema na čemu you're welcome
The standard reply, and more common than molim in that role.
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