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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Preposition
покрај • (pokraj)
- despite
- Покрај твоето незадоволство, ќе останеме тука до крај.
- Despite your dissatisfaction, we'll remain here until the end.
- beside, next to
- Се чувствувам безбедно кога си покрај мене.
- I feel safe when you're beside me.
Usage notes
- When used in the sense of "despite", this preposition is most commonly reinforced with the particle "и" in front.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pôkraj/
- Hyphenation: по‧крај
Preposition
по̏крај (Latin spelling pȍkraj) (+ genitive case)
- alongside, next to, beside (= по̏ред, кра̏ј, до̏)
- Дођи, с(ј)едни покрај мене. ― Come here. Sit next to me.
- past, by (so as to move from one side of something to the other (= по̏ред, кра̏ј)
- Метак је пролетио точно покрај мене. ― The bullet flew right by me.
- (regional) along, down (in a constant direction with or opposite another (= ни̏з, ду̏ж, у̏здӯж)
- Ц(иј)елу вечер провели смо ходајући покрај обале. ― We spent the entire evening walking along the shore.
See also
Further reading
- “покрај”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025