Franja

primanjkováti to lack

primanjkuje nam gotovine, blaga we are short of cash, of goods
primanjkuje denarja money is lacking
primanjkuje mi denarja I am in want (ali I am short) of money
primanjkuje nam... we are short of, we lack, we need...
ničesar mi ne primanjkuje I lack nothing
primanjkuje mu poguma he is lacking in courage
naročil (nam) ne primanjkuje there is no lack of orders
začelo nam je primanjkováti živil our food supplies began to run short
vode vam tu ne bo nikoli primanjkovalo you will never go short of water here

lack² [læk]

1. prehodni glagol
trpeti pomanjkanje česa; ne imeti česa

2. neprehodni glagol
primanjkovati, manjkati

money is lacking primanjkuje denarja
he is lacking in courage nima dovolj poguma
I lack nothing ničesar mi ne manjka, imam vsega dovoij
I was lacking bil sem odsoten, manjkal sem

need² [ni:d]

1. neprehodni glagol
arhaično biti potrebno; biti v stiski, primanjkovati česa

2. prehodni glagol
potrebovati; zahtevati

3. pomožni (z nedoločnikom s to v trdilnih, brez to v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih)
morati, treba je

it needs not that; ali it does not need that ni treba, da
there needs no excuse opravičilo ni potrebno
it needed doing to je bilo treba narediti
it needs to be done to je treba narediti
she needn't do it tega ji ni treba narediti
you needn't have come ne bi ti bilo treba priti
more than needs več kot je potrebno
what need (ali needs) ? čemu to?