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Tense Signal words Use Form
affirmative negative interrogative

every day – svaki dan

He plays football
Sometimes - ponekad
every Tuesday. – on
 something happens igra fudbal svakog utorka
repeatedly – neka radnja se
Always - uvijek ponavlja I work. – Ja radim I don't work. – Ja ne Do I work? – Da li ja
 how often something radim radim
happens – koliko često se infinitive
Often - često He works. – On radi He doesn't work. – On Does he work? – Da li on
Simple nešto dešava
ne radi radi
Present  one action follows another – he/she/it:
Usually - obično jedna radnja prati drugu I go. – Ja idem
infinitive + s
 things in general – stvari I don't go. – Ja ne Do I go? – Da li ja idem
uopće idem
Seldom - rijetko  with verbs like (to He goes. – On ide He doesn't go. – On ne Does he go? – Da li on
love, to hate, to think, ide ide
etc.) – s glagolima kao
Never - nikada ( voljeti, mrziti, misliti)
 future meaning:
timetables, programmes
first ... then – prvo--
onda
Now - sad  something is happening at He is playing I'm not working. – Ja Am I working? – Da li ja
the same time of speaking football. – On igra ne radim radim
or around it – nešto se fudbal
dešava u vrijeme pričanja
 future meaning: when I'm working. – Ja
you have already raidm

at the moment - decided and arranged He's working. – On He isn't working. – On Is he working? – Da li on
Present trenutno to do it (a fixed plan, be (am/are/is) + radi ne radi radi
Progressive date) – buduće infinitive + ing
(Continious značenje: kad si već
) Look! - Gledaj odlučio da uradiš nešto I'm going. – Ja idem I'm not going. – Ja ne Am I going? – Da li ja
idem idem

Listen! - Slušaj He's going. – On ide He isn't going. – On ne Is he going? – Da li on

ide ide

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last ... - prošlo I didn't work. Did I work? Da

regular: He played football
action took place in the past, infinitive + ed every Tuesday. – On je
ago prije igrao fudbal svakog utorka Ja nisam radio li sam ja radio
Simple mostly connected with an
Past expression of time (no irregular:
in 1990 - connection to the present) He didn't work. Did he work? Da
(2nd column of table
-Radnja se dešava u prošlosti, of irregular verbs)
yesterday - jučer povezana s izražavanjem I worked. – On nije radio li je on radio
vremena
radio sam I didn't go. Ja Did I go? Da li

He worked. nisam išao sam ja išao

Radio je He didn't go. On nije Did he go? Da li je on

išao išao
I went. Išao

sam

He went. Išao je

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  an action happened in He was playing I wasn't working. – ja Was I working? – da
the middle of another football. – On je igrao nisam radio li sam ja radio
action – radnja koja se fudbal
desila u toku druge I was working. – Ja
radnje sam radio
 someone was doing sth. at a
certain time (in the past) - He was working. – He wasn't working. – Was he working? –
Past was/were + on je radio on nije radio da li je on radio
While - dok you don't know whether it
Progressive infinitive + ing
was finished or not – neko je
radio nešto u određeno I was going. – ja I wasn't going. –ja Was I going? – da li
vrijeme u prošlosti – I ne zna sam išao nisam išao sam ja išao
se da li je to završeno ili ne
He was going. – on He wasn't going. – on Was he going? Da li
je išao nije išao je on išao
Just - tek
He has won five
Yet - još
matches so far. –
osvojio je 5 mečeva dosad

Never - nikad

ever  you say that sth. has I have worked. I haven't worked. Have I worked?
happened or is finished in have/has + past
the past and it has a participle*
Simple already- connection to the present – – radio sam (I Ja nisam radio (ni Da li sam ja
Present kažeš da se nešto desilo ili
Perfect *(infinitive + ed) or
već završilo u prošlosti I ima sad radim sad ne radim) radio
(3rd column of table
veze sa sadašnjosti of irregular verbs)
 action started in the past
so far, - and continues up to the He has He hasn’t worked. Has he worked?
present – radnja počela u
dosad prošlosti I nastavlja se do worked. – on On nije radio (ni Da li je on radio
sadašnjosti
up to now, - dosad je radio (I sad sad ne radi)
Have I gone?

radi)
I haven't gone. Ja Da li sam ja

I have gone. – nisam otišao ( ni otišao

ja sam otišao sad nisam otišao) Has he gone? Da li je

on otišao
 He hasn’t gone. On
(nisam se vratio nije otišao ( ni sad nije
otišao)
He has gone. –on je
otišao ( nije se
vratio)

Since - od

For - za

Recently - nedavno
He has been I haven't been Have I been
all day –cijeli dan playing working.Nisam working?
 action began in the past football for radio ( sad Da li sam
the whole day – and has just stopped – ten years. – radim) radio
cijeli dan radnja počela u prošlosti I On igra fudbal
upravo se zavrsila već deset
Present Perfect have/has + been + He hasn't been Has he been
how long – koliko  how long the action has godina ( On je
Progressive infinitive + ing working. On working? Da
dugo been happening – koliko igrao..) mogu
oba prijevoda nije radio (sad li je on radio
Since - od dugo se radnja događala
radi)
I have been
working. – Have I been going?
For - za emphasis: length of time of
ja sam radio I haven't been going. Da li sam išao
an action – naglasak je na
( I upravo Ja nisam išao ( sad Has he been
trajanju radnje
sam idem) going? Da li
prestao) a je on išao
može I He hasn't been
( Radim već going. On nije
5 godina. – I išao ( sad ide)
have been
working for
five years-
ovo važi
dalje za
ostale
primjere.

He has been
working. On
je radio
( isto)
I have been going.
Ja sam išao ( isto)

He has been
going. On je
išao (isto)
  mostly when two actions in a He had won five I hadn't worked. Had I worked?
story are related to each had + past
Already other: the action which had participle*
matches until Ja nisam radio Da li sam ja radio
Simple Past already happened is put into
– već Past Perfect, the other action
Perfect *(infinitive + ed) or
into Simple Past – većinom (3rd column of table that day. – On je He hadn't worked. Had he worked?
just – kada dvije radnje su of irregular verbs)
povezane jedna s drugom: osvojio pet mečeva On nije radio Da li je on radio
tek radnja koja se već desila je
stavljena u Past perfect, a do tog dana-
druga radnja u Past Simple I hadn't gone. Ja Had I gone? Da
never-  the past of the Present Perfect
– prošlost u odnosu na Present I had worked.
nisam otišao li sam otišao
nikad perfect
Radio sam
He hadn't gone. On Had he gone? Da li je
until - nije otišao on otišao
He had worked.
do
Radio je

I had gone.

Otišao sam

He had gone. Otišao

je
He had I hadn't been Had I been
been working. working?
playing Nisam radio … Da li sam
football for radio
ten years. –
On je igrao
fudbal deset
godina. (ovdje
može samo u
prošlosti)
I had been
working.
Radio sam
(2 sata
kada sam
 čuo zvono)
how long He had been He hadn't been Had he been
how long something had been working. working. working? Da
Past Perfect had + been +
–koliko happening before something else Radio je li je radio
Progressive
happened – koliko dugo se nešto
infinitive + ing Nije radio…
dugo dešavalo kad se nešto drugo I hadn't been going.
desilo I had been Nisam išao … Had I been going? Da
going.Išao sam već li sam išao
since - pola sata kad sam
ugledao kuću
od

for - z
He had been He hadn't been Had he been
going. Išao going. Nije going? Da li
je … išao.. je išao
 predictions about the future
He will / is going to play I won't work. Ja neću Will I work?
(you think that sth will
football every Tuesday – raditi
happen) – predviđanja o On će igrati fudbal svakog
budućnosti (šta misliš da će utorka
se desiti) .
 you decide to do sth. I'll work. Ja ću raditi
spontaneously at the time of
speaking – odlučiš da ćeš He'll work. – on će He won't work. On Will he work?
uraditi nešto u trenutku raditi neće raditi
will - future pričanja will + infinitive
 main clause in type I of the I'll go. Ja ću ići I won't go. Ja neću ići Will I go? Da li ću ići
Conditional sentences
He'll go. On će ići He won't go. On neće Will he go? Da I će on
ići ići
He will / is going to play I'm not going to Am I going to
football every Tuesday. work. work?
 when you have already – On će igrati fudbal
decided to do sth. in the future svakog utorka
– kada si već odlučio da ćeš I'm going to
uraditi nešto u budućnosti work. Ja ću raditi
 what you think what will (prijevod je isti kao u
happen – šta misliš da tabeli iznad za sve )
će se desiti
He's going to He's not going to Is he going to
going to - be (am/are/is) + work. work. work?
future going to + infinitive
I'm going to go. I'm not going to go. Am I going to go?

He's going to go. He's not going to go. Is he going to go?

  An action will be in progress at He will be playing I won't be working. Will I be working?
football. – On će igrati
a certain time in the future. – fudbal (naglasak je na
radnja koja se desi u trajanju radnje)
određenom vremenu u
I'll be working. Ja
budućnosti
ću raditi
 This action has begun before
the certain time. – ova radnja will + be + infinitive He'll be working. He won't be working. Will he be working?
Future On će raditi ( isti je
Progressive je počela prije određenog + ing
vremena prijevod za sve kao u I won't be going. Will I be going?
 Something happens because it tabeli iznad)
normally happens. – nešto se
normalno ili regularno dešava I'll be going.

He'll be going. He won't be going. Will he be going?

He will have won five I won't have worked Will I have worked?
matches by then. – On Ja neću raditi. Da li ću ja raditi
će osvojiti 5 mečeva do
tad.
I'll have worked. Ja
ću raditi
will + have + past
participle* He'll have He won't have Will he have
Future Perfect worked. worked. On worked? Da
sth. will already have happened
Simple – On će neće raditi li će on raditi
before a certain time in the future *(infinitive + ed) or
Futur II raditi
– nešto što se desilo prije nekog (3rd column of table
određenog vremena u budućnosti of irregular verbs) I won't have gone. Ja Will I have gone? Da
I'll have gone. Ja ću neću otići li ću ja otići
Ovdje nije naglasak na trajanju otići
radnje
He'll have gone. On He won't have gone. Will he have gone?
će otići On neće otići Da li će on otići
I'll have been I won't have been Will I have been
working. Ja working. Ja neću working? Da li
ću raditi već raditi ću ja raditi
dugo( prije
nego što
nabavim auto)

sth. will already have happened He will have been He won't have been Will he have been
Future before a certain time in the future playing football for working. On neće working?
will + have + been + ten years. – On će raditi
Perfect – nešto što će se desiti prije
infinitive + ing igrati fudbal još (za) Da li će on raditi
Progressive određenog vremena u budučnosti deset godina. Will I have been
 I won't have been going? Da li ću ja
(naglasak na
emphasis: length of time of an going. Ja neću ići ići
trajanju radnje)
action
He'll have been
working. On će
raditi

I'll have been

going. Ja ću
ići

He'll have been He won't have been Will he have been

going. On će ići going. On neće ići going? Da li će on
ići
I would work. Ja bih I wouldn't work. Ja Would I work? Da li
radio ne bih radio bi ja radio
 sth. that might happen – nešto
što se mođe desiti He would work. On He wouldn't work. On Would he work? Da li
Conditional bi radio ne bi raido bi on radio
 main clause in type II of the would + infinitive
Simple
Conditional sentences
I would go. Ja bih I wouldn't go. Ja ne Would I work? Da li
išao bih išao bi ja radio

He would go. On bi He wouldn't go. On ne Would he work? Da li

išao bi išao bi on radio
 I would be I wouldn't be Would I be
working. working. Ja working?
Ja bih radio ne bih radio Da li bih ja
radio

sth. that might happen – nešto što He would be He wouldn't be Would he be

Conditional se može desiti, sada ili u would + be + working. On bi radio working. On ne bi working? Da
Progressive budućnosti infinitive + ing radio li bi on radio
I would be going.
emphasis: length of time of an Ja bih išao I wouldn't be going. Would I be going? Da
action – naglasak je na Ja ne bih išao li bi ja išao
trajanju radnje

He would be He wouldn't be Would he be

going. On bi going. On ne bi going? Da li
išao išao bi on išao
I would have I wouldn't have Would I have
worked. Ja worked. Ja ne worked? Da li
bih radio (da bih radi ( da bi ja radi…
 sth. that might have happened sam našao nisam imao
in the past – nešto što se posao) štelu)
moglo desiti u prošlosti would + have + past
He would have He wouldn't have Would he have
 main clause in type III of the participle*
worked. On bi worked. On ne bi worked? Da li
Conditional Conditional sentences
radio.. radio… bi on radio..
Perfect *(infinitive + ed) or
(3rd column of table
I would have I wouldn't have Would I have
of irregular verbs)
gone. Ja bih gone. Ja ne bih gone? Da li bi
otišao (da otišao ( da me ja otisao..
sam znao on nije natjerao)
kako)
He would have He wouldn't have Would he have
gone. On bi gone. On ne bi gone? Da li bi
otisao… otisao… on otisao..
I would have been I wouldn't have been Would I have been
working. – ja bih working. Ja ne bih working? Da li bi ja
radio (po cijeli dan) radio… radio ( po pet sati)

sth. that might have happened in He would have He wouldn't have Would he
Conditional the past – nešto što se moglo been working. been working. have been working?
desiti u prošlosti would + have + been – on bi radio On ne bi radio… Da li bi on radio
Perfect
+ infinitive + ing (po cijeli dan)
Progressive
emphasis: length of time of an I wouldn't have been Would I have been
 action – naglasak je na dužini I would have been going. Ja ne bih isao… going? Da li bi ja
trajanja radnje going. – ja bih išao isao
(čitavu sedmicu)

He would have He wouldn't have Would he

been going. – been going. On have been going? Da
on bi išao ne bi isao.. li bi on isao
(čitavu sedmicu
..)

We sometimes use Continuous instead of Progressive. Some signal words can be found in more tenses. We did not list signal words in the future. Always remember what
action is described.
Used colours:
blue → infinitive grey → irregular verbs in the Simple Past red → negation
dark green → auxiliary purple → past participle
orange → ending light green → signal word