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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 49 For 7 Hours: Definite Periods 289 / 600

for the future. Of course, absolute times can be used as well (e.g. a month, date,

etc.):

Kad si se vratio? When did you come back?

— Prije dva mjeseca 24 . Two months ago.

— U trećem mjesecu DL . (colloq.) In March. (lit. ‘in the 3rd month’) ®

Kad se vraćaš? When are you coming back?

— Za mjesec A dana G . In a month.

— U desetom mjesecu DL . (colloq.) In October. (lit. ‘in the 10th month’) ®

Also, pay attention that in the first question, we have used a perfective verb vratiti

return. Here we ask about one, specific event in the past. In then second question,

we used an ordinary impf. verb, since we used the present tense to talk about a

scheduled event in the future.

________

® Instead of tjedan, the word nedjelja is used in parts of Bosnia, colloquially in parts

of Croatia, and in the “Ekavian” form nedelja in Serbia; so you’ll hear and read

nedjelja dana or nedelju dana. The word sedmica is also sometimes used in Serbia

and Bosnia.

The word večer has the form veče in Serbia and most of Bosnia. It’s neuter, but all

case forms are derived from večer- and then it’s feminine.

Colloquial reference to months by ordinals (e.g. deseti mjesec = October) is not used

in Bosnia and Serbia.

• Exercise

Fill in the missing words:

Gradili smo kuću ________(a) ____________(b). We were building the house for

three years.

Gradili smo kuću ________(c) ____________(d). We were building the house for six

years.

Odlazim ______(e) ________(f) ________________(g). I’m leaving for three weeks.

Odlazim ______(h) ________(i) ________________(j). I’m leaving in six weeks.

Vratio sam se __________(k) ________(l) ______(m). I came back three days ago.

Vraćam se ______(n) ______(o) ________________(p). I’m coming back in two

months.

Check answers here.

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