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nikamo nowhere (destination)
nigdje nowhere (location)
niotkud from nowhere (origin)
The next two adverbs stand for manner and are derived from the question-word
kako how:
nekako somehow nikako ‘nohow’
Again, all these ni-words require negation of the verb as well:
Nikamo ne idem. I’m not going anywhere. (lit. ‘I don’t go nowhere.’)
ići
To ask questions, it’s normal in Croatian to use the same pronouns as in usual
sentences:
Je li me A netko N tražio? Was anyone looking for me?
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Je li negdje jeftinije? Is anywhere cheaper?
However, in writing, sometimes in formal speech, instead of indefinite pronouns in
such questions, questions pronouns can be used, with indefinite meaning:
Je li me A tko N tražio? (the same meaning as above)
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Je li gdje jeftinije?
Actually, Standard Croatian prefers such use – sentences like je li me netko... are
considered colloquial in Standard Croatian!
Then, there are frequent combinations like somebody else, somewhere else, etc.
Croatian uses specific else-words (meaning other, elsewhere etc. when used on their
own) that must match the first word. Either both change in case, or neither one:
netko drugi somebody else → A nekog drugog
nešto drugo something else → I nečim drugim
negdje drugdje somewhere else (both words are adverbs)
Another type of indefinite pronouns is obtained by prefixing sva- (svu- for some
words), usually in meaning every. Again sva- + što = svašta:
svatko everyone
svašta things of all kinds
The pronoun svašta doesn’t mean everything! For example:
Vidjeli smo svašta A . We saw many different things.
The word svašta can also have negative implications, as all kind of (bad, strange)
things, depending on the context. It can also be used as a short comment, when
something is unexpected, illogical or meaningless.
Adverbs of this type are:
svakako in any case