popravio

Popravio is the masculine singular past tense form of the verb popraviti in several South Slavic languages, notably Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian. It means “he repaired” or “he fixed” and is used to describe a completed action of repairing something.

Linguistic notes: Popraviti is a perfective verb formed with the prefix po- added to the stem related to the verb praviti (to make, to do). The past tense form popravio is the masculine singular participle used with a subject in the past. Other gender forms exist, such as popravila (feminine singular) and popravilo (neuter singular), with additional plural forms for masculine, feminine, and neuter.

Usage and examples: Popravio is used in everyday speech to indicate a completed repair. For example: On je popravio kvar na telefonu. (He repaired the fault on the phone.) Zubobo je popravio stari mehanizam. (He fixed the old mechanism.) In narrative or report contexts, it can be part of a sentence that specifies when the repair occurred, e.g., Jučer je popravio automobilski kvar.

Related forms: The infinitive is popraviti; the imperfective counterpart is popravljati or popravljati in some dialects, though the core, common usage favors the perfective popraviti for completed repairs. The word is primarily a verb form and not commonly used as a standalone noun or place name.

Overall, popravio serves as a standard, neutral past-tense form for describing repaired items or completed fixes in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian usage.

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