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woman teta, e.g. their kindergarten teacher.
If you have children (and possibly grandchildren), they are called:
sin son
unuk grandson
kći
unuka granddaughter
daughter
kćerka
For example (the second sentence is less precise in English!):
Ana N je Goranova mama N . Ana is Goran’s Mom.
Čekamo N Ivanovog strica A . We’re waiting for Ivan’s uncle.
The noun kći daughter is a special noun, having the following weird forms:
N A DL
kći / kćer kćer kćeri
The form kćer in N is not Standard, but is frequently used in colloquial
communication®. All other forms are derived from kćer- and follow the pattern for
feminine nouns not ending in a.
In colloquial communication, you will hear ćer, ći and in some regions the
alternative, word kćerka (non-standard, but completely regular) prevails.®
If you want to talk about great-grandfather or great-granddaughter, and so on, add
pra- to the front of words above (e.g. pradjed grandfather, praunuka
granddaughter, etc.).
If you are married, there are names for your husband or wife and her or his parents:
žena [supruga] wife
punica her mother ® — tast / punac (punc-) her father
muž [suprug] husband
svekrva his mother — svekar (svekr-) his father
Terms suprug and supruga are very formal, mostly used in official documents.
Croatian uses the same word (žena) for both woman and wife in virtually all
circumstances.
If your children are married, their spouses are as follows:
zet daughter’s husband
snaha son’s wife ®
(There are no established terms for same-sex couples yet.)
There are couple of often used additional terms for various relatives:
nećak brother’s or sister’s son (nephew)
nećakinja brother’s or sister’s daugher (niece)
bratić male cousin