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other moment. For example:
Živio sam u Zagrebu DL prije dvije godine 24 . I lived in Zagreb two years ago.
Živio sam u Njemačkoj DL prije godinu A dana G . I lived in Germany one year ago.
Now, the time periods – if special phrases are not used – can be sometimes in G as
well.
This is relative reference to something else said before, not to the present:
Radio sam u Splitu DL dvije godine 24 ranije. I worked in Zagreb two years earlier.
Živio sam u Americi DL jednu godinu A ranije. I lived in America a year earlier.
Now again, you must use time expressions in A, and ranije comes after them.
Instead of ranije, you can use prije toga before that, or even just prije – but it must
be placed after the time expression. A similar expression is used to refer to a time
after something else:
Radio sam u školi DL dvije godine 24 kasnije. I worked in a school two years later.
Again, instead of kasnije, you can use poslije toga, or even only poslije. Also, it’s
common to put these reference at the front:
Dvije godine 24 ranije radio sam u Splitu DL . Two years earlier, I worked in Split.
Dvije godine 24 kasnije radio sam u školi DL . Two years later, I worked in a school.
References to the future times, relative to now, use the same ‘time frame’ way in
both English and Croatian:
Vraćam se za dva mjeseca 24 . I’m coming back in two months.
This table summarizes relative time references:
before now
a year ago
after now
in a year
before
something else
a year earlier
after
something else
a year later
prije + A* (G*)
prije jedne godine
za¨ + A*
za jednu godinu
A* ranije
jednu godinu ranije
A* prije (toga)
jednu godinu prije (toga)
A* kasnije
jednu godinu kasnije
A* poslije (toga)
jednu godinu poslije (toga)
To ask about references to the past or future time, use the question-word kad(a)
when. The answer is a proper past reference (for the past) or a proper ‘time frame’