EasyCroatian_r47.an

Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 36 Dave/Locave and Instrumental Plural 210 / 600
Idem pred . (A = dest.) ‘ ’
Plešem pred publikom I . (I = loc.) I’m dancing in front of the audience. plesati
However, za¨ + A usually means for, so za¨ + A is almost never used as a destination
– iza + G is much more preferred, while za¨ + I is used only in some set expressions,
or meaning following:
Trčim za tebe A . (A) I’m running for you. (not behind you)
Trčim za tobom I . (I) I’m running after you. (i.e. following)
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These 5 prepositions are similar to u¨ and na¨ – which use DL for locations, and A
for destinations – and even more in plural, since the DL case (used for u¨ and na¨)
and the I case for the 5 prepositions above coincide then:
preposition loc. dest.
u¨ in, into
na¨ on, at, to
DL A
nad¨ above
pred¨ in front of
među among
pod¨ under
(za¨ behind)
I A
The 5 prepositions listed above have longer versions, which are used with G, and
don’t distinguish location vs. destination. The longer prepositions, starting with iz- or
is- are more common in speech and mean the same when talking about spatial
relations (i.e. locations and destinations):
longer prepositions (always use G)
iznad above
ispred
iza
između between
in front of
behind
ispod under
For example:
Auto N je iza kuće G . The car is behind the house.
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However, there is an important difference between ispred + G and pred¨ + I/A: the
latter combination includes temporal and metaphoric relations as well, so it’s only
possible to use pred¨ in the following expressions (here expressing metaphorical
‘locations’, so using I):
pred publikom before the audience
pred sudom before the court
The same applies to other prepositions, e.g. you can only use pod¨ to express that
someone is ‘under pressure’ (pod pritiskom), while you can use both pod¨ and ispod
to express that something is under the bed – and ispod is more common in such