Sunday, February 16, 2014

Croatian pronouns

Learning the Croatian Pronouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Croatian language. But first we need to know what the role of Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Croatian.

Croatian pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject). Here are some examples:
English PronounsCroatian Pronouns
PronounsZamjenice
IJa
youti (+ vi: as 2. Person Pl.)
heon
sheona
wemi
theyoni
memene
youtebe (+vas: as 2. Person Pl.)
himnjega
hernju
usnas
themnjih
mymoj
yourtvoj
hisnjegov
hernjen
ournaše
theirnjihov
minemoji
yourstvoji
hisnjegovi
hersnjeni
oursnaši
theirsnjihovi
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Pronouns in Croatian has a logical pattern. Locate the Pronouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Croatian.

List of Pronouns in Croatian

Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Croatian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Croatian vocabulary.
English PronounsCroatian Pronouns
I speakJa govorim
you speakti govoriš
he speakson govori
she speaksona govori
we speakmi govorimo
they speakoni govore
give medaj mi
dati tebi
give himdajte mu
give herdajte joj
give usdajte nam
give themdajte im
my bookmoja knjiga
your booktvoja knjiga
his booknjegova knjiga
her booknjena knjiga
our booknaša knjiga
their booknjihova knjiga

Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Croatian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Croatian Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Croatian lessons here: Learn Croatian. Don't forget tobookmark this page.

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