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pomoću + G using

Certain verbs use objects in the instrumental case. One of them is:

baviti se² be engaged in/with, pursue

This verb looks hard to translate, but it simply means you are doing something (often

regularly), either as your paid job, as a kind of duty, work at home, or as recreation.

For example:

Marko N se bavi sportom I . Marko is doing sports.

The personal pronouns have the following forms in the instrumental case (there are

no shorter and longer forms in instrumental, only one form exists):

pers. (N N ) I

1st (ja) mnom

2nd (ti) tobom

refl. (self) sobom

3rd f (ona) njom

3rd n (ono)

3rd m (on)

njim

The instrumental case of nouns and pronouns is often used with several

prepositions. Often used ones are:

pred¨ + I in front of s¨ / sa¨ + I with

This is the same s¨ / sa¨ as used with G, it just has a different meaning with I. It’s

often used with the following verbs:

igrati se² play

razgovarati («) talk, discuss

For example:

Ivan N razgovara s Marijom I . Ivan is talking to Marija.

Goran N se igrao sa mnom I . Goran was playing with me.

With the I of the pers. pronoun ja – mnom – the longer sa¨ is always used, and both

words are pronounced together, with the stress on the preposition: "samnom".

Otherwise, normal rules for s¨ vs. sa¨ apply; the rules are often violated in real life in

favor of sa¨, as on this (officially installed) parking sign in Zagreb:

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