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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 58 Colloquial and Formal 337 / 600

Just compare Google statistics for past-f forms on the Internet (.hr domain):

...jela ...ila

smrd... 2100 9700

star... 310 1200

svrb... 2800 2200

šted... 11000 7000

vrt... 14000 24000

Bear in mind that the Internet also includes edited text (laws, newspapers) where

colloquial forms are quite rare.

This applies also to derived verbs, simple ostariti is much more common than

standard forms. For more information about such verbs, check A3 Verbs.

I will list all those verbs with both forms in the infinitive, e.g.

vrtjeti / vrtiti spin, turn

There are nouns that are used in two forms in real life, one masculine, another

feminine – and the feminine form actually prevails – while Standard Croatian insists

on the masculine form only. The common ones are:

Standard common (colloq.)

planet planet planeta

visit posjet posjeta

Then, Standard Croatian insists on three-way demonstrative adverbs of place and

destination:

Standard loc. dest.

close ovdje ovamo

mid tu tamo

distant ondje onamo

However, the adverb ondje is quite rare in real life – you can find it mostly in books

– most speakers use only two-way distinctions, while tamo serves two roles:

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