nešto

See also: nesto

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ne- +‎ štȍ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nêʃto/
• Hyphenation: ne‧što

Pronoun

nȅšto (Cyrillic spelling не̏што)

1. something

Declension

	singular/plural
nominative	nȅšto
genitive	nȅčeg(a)
dative	nȅčem(u)
accusative	nȅšto
vocative	—
locative	nȅčem(u)
instrumental	nȅčim

Declension of nešto

Adverb

nešto (Cyrillic spelling нешто)

1. for a bit, for a while
   • 1996, Vasilije Trbić, Aleksandar Drašković, Stojanče Ristevski, Stojan Janković, Memoari: 1898-1912, page 134:

     Док се Сима грејао и одмарао у колиби, ја сам нешто стајао, а нешто шетао по доста дубоку снегу испред колибе.

     While Sima was resting and warming himself up, I stood for a bit and walked a bit in deep snow in front of the cottage.

2. somewhat, a bit
3. (in negative sentences) (not) very
   • 2003, Zagorka Golubović, Politika i svakodnevni život: Srbija 1999-2002, page 396:

     Mislim, nisam nešto posebno uzrujan, niti sam nešto puno hendikepiran što sam Jugosloven, niti sam nešto mnogo ponosan.

     I mean, I'm not very upset, nor am I very handicapped being a Yugoslav, nor am I very proud.

4. somehow, it seems
5. indicates that the speaker is hesitant to talk about the circumstances of the statement
   • 2014, Goran Bacic, Karirani stolnjak života, page 106:

     Evo, bio do grada, da se promuvam, pa idem kući, nešto sam se posvađao sam Brankom, iznervirao me je.

     I was just downtown, only to get around a bit and then go home, I had [a bit] of a fight with Branko, he pissed me off [I won't bore you with the details].

See also

• nȅkāko (“somehow”)