PREZENT

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

a). Prezent se upotrebljava za uobicajenu radnju, tj. za radnju koja se

ponavlja u razmacima
Primeri (Examples):
I go to my office before 7 a.m.
Odlazim u kancelariju pre 7 sati.
We always go to the seaside in summer.
Leti uvek idemo na more.

"Politika" comes out every day.

Politika" izlazi svakog dana.
We have lunch at one o' clock.
Rucavamo u jedan sat.
The children play in the park every day.
Deca se svakog dana 'igraju u parku.
They usually come here on Sunday afternoon.
Oni obicno dolaze ovamo nedeljom posle podne.
I like to go for a walk when the weather is sunny.
Volim da se progetam kad je vreme suncano
Our classes begin at eight.
Nagi dasovi poinju u osam.
The English drink tea at five o' clock.
Englezi piju caj u pet sati.

b) Prezent se upotrebljava za radnju koja ukazuje na karakterstiku subjekta; tu cesto

spadaju i opste poznate cinjenice

He speaks English very well.

On vrlo dobro govori engleski.

Do you sing ? - A little.

Da li pevate - Pomalo.

A day has 24 hours.

U danu ima 24 sati.

Are you happy here - Oh, yes. Very.

Jeste li srecni ovde ? - 0, da.Vrlo.

Winter begins in December.

Zima pocinje u decembru.

The Sava flows into the Danube.

Sava se uliva a Dunav.

Primer u kontekstu:
Alex is a bus driver. But now he is asleep in bed. He is not driving a bus. [He is asleep.]
But, he drives a bus. Aleks je voza autobusa. Ali sada spava u krevetu. On ne vozi
autobus. (Spava). Ali, on vozi autobus.(to mu je posao).

Napomena>

Izvesni engleski glagoli nemaju trajni oblik ili se u njemu vrlo retko upotrebljavaju, to se
za aktuelnu radnju u svim slucajevima upotrebljava prost present

Najvazniji od tih glagola su>

to hear to want to like/dislike to see to find

to agree/disagree to forget to love to know to decide

to understand to mean to suppose to mind to notice to remember

to recognize to wish, etc.

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I don' t understand what you mean.

Ne razumem sta hocete da kazete.

Does he know you ?

Da Ii vas on poznaje?

How do you like it ?

Kako vam se dopada ?

I forget his name.

Zaboravijam njegovo ime

Do you notice anything particular ?

Primedujete Ii nesto posebno?

I don` t agree with him.

Ne slazem se s njim.

Do you mind if I open the window ?

Imate Ii nesto protiv da otvorim prozor ?

I don' t remember anything.

Nicega se ne secam.

We see the children swimming.

Vidimo decu kako plivaju.

I hear them talking.

Cujem ih kako razgovaraju.