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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 44 Genive Plural 261 / 600

(Drago Britvić)

The second line contains a so-called purpose clause – the part after da, explaining

intentions – which will be explained later. In the third line, naše predgrađe is split by

A nas²; this is kind of strict placement. The last line has an adjective after the noun,

which is not uncommon in poetry.

This song has been popular for five decades so far, and there are many

performances on YouTube. Check a performance on A strana, a cover from

1980’s, and performances from 1960’s by Lado Leskovar and Đorđe Marjanović

(which is partially “Ekavized”).

The song was composed by – at the time – a little known 21-year-old student of

electrical engineering from Split, a math lover and self-taught composer: Zdenko

Runjić. Over the following 40 years, he composed about 700 tunes, many of them

becoming major hits, today considered classics of Croatian popular music.

• Exercise

Complete the following sentences:

Nema ____________________(a). There are no documents.

On je prijatelj __________(b) ______________(c). He is my sisters’ friend.

Bojim se ____________(d) __________(e). I’m afraid of big birds.

Auto je kod __________(f). The car is by the palm trees.

Meso je ______(g) __________(h). The meat is without bones.

________(i) __________(j) ________(k) nebu. There are no stars in the sky.

Nema __________(l). There are no secrets.

Evo __________(m). Here are some glasses.

Check answers here.

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