EasyCroatian_r47.an

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with kod¨ + G:
Ana N odlazi od zubara G . Ana is leaving the dentist’s office.
To ask where from something or someone goes/comes, just start a question with
one of these two words:
odakle / otkud(a) where... from
As usual, nothing else except this word is needed, no change of word order:
Odakle si? Where are you from?
— Iz Rijeke G . From Rijeka.
Odakle dolazi ta buka N ? Where is that noise coming from?
— S plaže G . From the beach.
This table nicely summarizes three types of destinations, locations and origins, and
the various question-words:
u¨ + A
u sobu A
to the room
na¨ + A
na plažu A
to the beach
DL
zubaru DL
to dentist’s
kamo...?
where... to?
u¨ + DL
u sobi DL
in the room
na¨ + DL
na plaži DL
at the beach
kod¨ + G
kod zubara G
at dentist’s
gdje...?
where... ?
iz¨ + G
iz sobe G
from the room
s¨ / sa¨ + G
s plaže G
from the beach
od¨ + G
od zubara G
from dentist’s
odakle...?
otkud(a)...?
where... from?
You will hear quite often kod¨ + G used colloquially ® for destinations as well
instead of just DL:
Ana N ide kod zubara G . (colloq.) Ana going to the dentist’s.
ići
There’s an often used adverb of space standing for a specific origin:
odavde from here
It’s always used to express that meaning, you cannot say "od ovdje".
Prepositions od¨ and do¨ are frequently used to indicate start and end points. They
are also used to indicate when something starts and when ends, that is, origin and
end in time:
Radim od osam do četiri. I work from 8 to 4.
With time adverbs, there are the following very often used combinations for time