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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 31 First, Second: Ordinals 182 / 600

As you can see, these names are similar to the English names. Those names also

prevail in Bosnia and Montenegro, and are sometimes used in Croatia too. Ordinal

numbers for months are infrequent in Bosnia and sometimes used in Montenegro.

The following words are less often used in Serbia and Bosnia (words more common

there are listed on the right side of arrows):

kat → sprat

kupaonica → kupatilo

ured → kancelarija

• Examples

These banners on the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb advertise an exhibition

about the sixties:

You can also see how the dates of the exhibition are written on the banners.

The song Moja prva ljubav My First Love, also known as Djevojke u ljetnim

haljinama volim Girls in Summer Dresses I like was a hit by Haustor, a band from

Zagreb. The song has very short lyrics:

Djevojke A u ljetnim haljinama DL volim Girls in summer dresses I like

Ljubim ih A u leđa A

mirišu na smolu A

I kiss them in their back

they smell of resin

3pl

mirisati

N N dobio luku A

moj je grad večeras evening

my town got a port this

Ulje N je na vodi DL

There’s oil on the water

to N je, to N je...

that’s, that’s...

moja prva ljubav N

my first love

f

(Srđan Sacher)

The first verse contains a case yet unexplained: DL in plural. The verb mirisati

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