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Ići u..  / Ići na…

Pay attention!

Locations such as: rijeka, more, jezero can go with both prepositions – u and na.  Look at the differences between the following sets of sentences.

Informal communication

Read the following communication one more time.

As you can see, to initiate an informal communication, you will most likely start with a general greeting. These might be:

Translated to English, these would simply mean “hi” or “hey.”  However, you can also see that our characters used:

• Pozz iz Šibenika
• Pozdrav iz Sarajeva

These are more than just “hey/hi.” These phrases can be translated in English as “Greetings from […].” To finish your conversation, you will most likely encounter:

Both forms in English can be translated as “Have a great time.”

The question ŠTO (“what”)

Difference between što and šta

In the above communication, Mario asked Laura “Šta radiš” (What are you doing?). You learned that in Croatian a question form of what is što. However, in everyday speech it is most likely that you will hear people saying šta. This is a very common way of saying it. It is perfectly normal to say šta in an informal setting. However, if you are in a more formal setting and you need to use the standardized language form, it is preferable to use što.