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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 31 First, Second: Ordinals 183 / 600

(miriše) can mean either pleasant or unpleasant smell, and what something smells of

is expressed with na¨ + A. If you’re puzzled by imagery in this song, it’s from a

perspective of someone living inland and imagining his town became a seaside town

for a while, with the smell of resin from pine trees and oil from boats in the port.

Note how the verb ljubiti kiss uses a destination.

The song has unusual word order in some verses: normally, you would put the verb

first in the first verse. The fourth verse has moj grad my town (or my city) split by

strict placement of the verb je².

The verb dobiti (dobije) get is another perfective verb.

You can listen to the song on YouTube, but there aren’t many videos for copyright

reasons. Check a great performance by young singers on the Croatian public TV

show A strana A Side, which are joined by the original singer (Darko Rundek).

• Exercise

Fill in the sentences below:

________(a) stan ____(b) ____(c) ______________(d) ________(e). Our apartment

is on the third floor.

To je bilo ____(f) ______________(g) mjesecu. It was in April.

Kutija je ____(h) ______________(i). The box is in the basement.

Sjedili smo ____(j) __________(k) ________(l). We were sitting in the front row.

Check answers here.

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