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    What it means

    Literally “as if / pretend.” Means pretending, not for real, make-believe — “pretend,” “as if,” “make-believe.” E.g. “bawić się na niby” — to play pretend.

    Vocabulary

    • niby — supposedly, as if, quasi-

    Grammar note

    'Na niby' uses the accusative after 'na'. 'Niby' is a particle of pretence or approximation.

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