User talk:Ivan Štambuk/3000

I changed 904 "shower, sprinkle [n]" to "[v]" to match the translation. (- N.Megill) 207.172.220.155 23:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Entry 232 (hope) has a verb ending with "a". Is this an error? (N. Megill) 207.172.220.155 00:02, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's a noun, the verb is (obviously) nadati. --Ivan Štambuk 00:39, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

"najmanje" is given as a translation for both "at least" (seq. 65) and "least" (331). But in English, these have almost opposite meanings: the first means greater than or equal to, the second means less than or equal to any other. Is "najmanje" correct for both? Thanks, Nmegill 11:50, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, a funny case of an almost-contranym :)
 * najmanji is an adjective is a superlative form of / . So its direct and primary (denotative) meaning would be "the smallest". Derived adverb  has OTOH two primary meanings
 * at least, synonymous with, when expressing lower limits
 * najmanje deset ljudi — at least ten people
 * least: "in the lowest possible quantity/size of" (adverb!)
 * Od svih učenika ja sam se najmanje potrudio. — Of all the students I did the least effort.
 * Najmanje što sam mogao učiniti.. — The least thing I could do..
 * To mi ni najmanje ne smeta. — I couldn't care less (watch out for funky syntax!)
 * Da li vam smeta moja prisutnost? Ni najmanje! — Does my presence bother you? Not at all!
 * In this latter sense as one can see it is chiefly used in some idiomatic constructs, often preceded by the particle ni. --Ivan Štambuk 13:30, 20 July 2009 (UTC)