EasyCroatian_r47.an

Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 42 Come In, Come Out, Go 247 / 600
end of the book.
This combination is used only for physical location, you cannot use it in meaning
‘exist’ e.g. sponges can be found in different sizes – for that, you have to use
postojati (postoji) exist or some other way.
The following verb pair is similar to odlaziti ~ otići (...) but the focus is on starting a
journey.
polaziti ~ poći (pođe, pošao, pošla) depart
These two verbs are not often used, mostly used when talking about trains or buses.
The following table summarizes all the verbs I’ve introduced here:
prefix used with meaning
do- dest., origin come
iz- origin, dest. come out
u- destination come in
od- (oti-) origin, dest. leave, depart
obi- oko + G / A go around
pre- preko + G / A cross, go over
(prije-) na + A switch to, move on to
pro- kroz + A / A pass
pri- DL approach
A
find
nase²
be located
prona- A find/discover
sna- se² get accustomed
There are more verbs in this family, but they are less common, and will be explained
later.
• Examples
Balada iz predgrađa A Ballad from Suburbia, also known as Petrolejska lampa
Kerosene Lamp is a short poem by Dobriša Cesarić (1902–1980) – a male name,
despite ending in -a – who is considered one of the greatest Croatian poets. It has
been performed by many singers. Many lines contain various verbs derived from ići
(ide, išao, išla) go. I have left out first four verses:
I uvijek ista sirotinja N uđe And always the same poor people come ući
U njezinu svjetlost A iz mraka G Into its light from the dark
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I s licem I na kojem DL su And with a face which