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For example:
Ne razumijem te A . I don’t understand you.
razumjeti | 2
Ne shvaćam pitanje A . I don’t understand the question.
In the second sentence, speaker really says I understand the words, but the whole
question doesn’t make sense to me. You could use razumjeti in the second sentence
as well – but shvaćati is more specific in this case.
The DL of personal pronouns is often used when you say thanks to someone:
Hvala ti DL . Thank you. (to someone you’re close with)
2
Hvala Vam DL . Thank you. (to someone you’re not close with)
2pl
There are two special constructions which frequently use pronouns. Both use the
genitive case. The first one is:
evo + G here’s / here are
It’s used when you want to emphasize that something is now ‘here’, visible, e.g.
when you show up somewhere, or when you find something. The word starts a
sentence and it followed by a noun (with optional adjectives) or a pronoun in
genitive:
Evo moje sestre G . Here’s my sister!
The most common use is when you see someone or you come somewhere where
you’re expected. It’s used mainly in spoken language:
Evo me G . Here I am!
1
Evo ga G . Here he/it is!
3m/n
Evo Ane G . Here’s Ana!
It’s also used when you give something to someone, but it’s neither formal nor
polite, it’s used only when you are quite familiar to someone:
Evo piva G . Here’s the beer!
(You will sometimes even hear eto + N in the last use, when giving something to
someone.) Similar words are eto and eno, used for more distant things, but they are
much less often used.
Another construction expresses there's no...; it uses negative pres-3 of imati have
with genitive:
nema + G there’s no
For example:
Nema piva G . There’s no beer.
Nema soli G . There’s no salt.
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This construction is much more versatile than the English one: like with evo, you can