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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 06 Desnaons 39 / 600

You’ve maybe noticed that the ending -mo for the 1st person plural looks a lot like

what’s used in Spanish and Portuguese, and the same as in Italian. All these

languages descend from Latin, which had a lot of similarities with Croatian (and

other Slavic languages). For example, we’re eating is edimus in Latin.

It’s puzzling that some languages that are not considered related to Croatian have

similar forms: for example, in Finnish, we’re eating is syömme, where -mme is the

ending.

• Examples

This billboard in Zagreb advertises bus lines to various seaside towns and cities, with

a line Idemo na more! We’re going to the seaside!:

• Exercise

Fill in the right forms of nouns, adverbs and other words:

Idemo u __________(a). We’re going to the cinema.

Danas ne idemo na ____________(b). We’re not going to the beach today.

__________(c) putujemo u ________________(d). We’re traveling to Dubrovnik

tomorrow.

__________(e) ________(f) idem na ________(g). I’m not going to work tomorrow.

Fill in the right preposition (either u or na) and noun:

Ivan odlazi ____(h) ________(i). Ivan is leaving for a beer.

Putujemo ____(j) Split. We’re traveling to Split.

Idemo ____(k) kafić. We’re going to a cafe bar.

Ana vozi ____(l) ______________(m). Ana is driving north.

Goran ide ____(n) __________________(o). Goran is going to a birthday party.

Idem ____(p) __________________(q). I’m going to lunch.

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