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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 67 Only, Except, Too: Inclusion and Exclusion 393 / 600
It’s absolutely impossible to add i¨ before a second-position form, e.g. normal A of
pronouns (e.g. “vidim i te”). Regardless of placement, you have to use stressed
forms after i¨ (e.g. vidim i tebe).
It’s possible to put i¨ in front of the verb, meaning something will happen (or be
done by someone) in addition:
Ana N će posjetiti Rim A . Ana will visit Rome.
Tamo će i prespavati. She will sleep for a night there as well.
If the sentence is negative (that is, the verb is negated) the negative ni¨ must be
used:
Ni ja N ne volim kavu A . I don’t like coffee either.
Ni njima DL se ne sviđa film N . They don’t like the movie either.
(You will find this rule a bit relaxed in real life, so you will sometimes hear just i¨ in
negated sentences. Standard Croatian actually prescribes using i¨ before negative
words like ne¨.)
As with i¨, stressed forms are mandatory after ni¨ when you use pronouns.
The words i¨ and ni¨ are often used in short responses, when you agree what was
said (but ni¨ is used when you agree with something that used negation):
Volim čaj A . I like tea.
— I ja N . Me too.
Ne volim vino A . I don’t like wine.
— Ni ja N . Me neither.
Note that Croatian doesn’t change case as English does (i.e. me instead of I)
The conjunction ni¨ before the negated verb (or past form, infinitive) is often used to
emphasize negation:
Nije ga A ni vidjela. She didn’t even see him. (or it, depending on the context) 3m/n
Neću te A ni pitati. I won’t even ask you.
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It can be placed also before an singular object in negated sentences, most often
when using imati have – the object then usually goes into the G, to emphasize
negation:
Nemam ni kune G . I don’t have a single kuna. (Croatian money unit)
There’s the word niti which further emphasizes exclusion and negation, and often
translates as actually, i.e. contrary to someone’s expectations (such use is a bit
colloquial):
Niti ne želim čekati. (colloq.) I don’t want to wait at all. ®
There’s another word with the same "addition" effect, it’s less used in speech, more
in writing: