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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / 15 Locaons 90 / 600
You will find this verb useful:
živjeti (živi) live
Verbs having infinitives ending in -jeti have almost always -i in their pres-3, so they
are not really irregular. Let’s put it to use:
Ana živi u Zagrebu. Ana lives in Zagreb.
Živim u Splitu. I live in Split.
As you hopefully remember, some nouns when used as destinations require na¨
instead of u¨. When they are used as locations, you still have to use na¨ with them:
Živimo na Braču. We live on the island of Brač.
Ivana je na plaži. Ivana is on the beach.
Ana je na trgu. Ana is on the (main) town square.
With locations, Croatian u¨ roughly translates as in, and na¨ as on or at. Here are a
couple of ‘activities’ – you finally know how to say on vacation or at university:
Ivan je na fakultetu. Ivan is at university.
Ana je na odmoru. Ana is on vacation.
Goran je na večeri. Goran is on dinner/supper.
Ivan je na putu. Ivan is on a trip.
Don’t forget that certain Croatian nouns require na¨ where English uses in (the Core
Dictionary marks such nouns). For example (nouns are here listed in DL, of course):
na nebu in the sky
na slici in the picture
na svijetu in the world
na ulici in the street
It also applies to appearing on electronic media, including movies and phone:
na filmu in the movie
na radiju on the radio
na telefonu on the phone
na televiziji on TV
The preposition na¨ also applies to weather conditions – being exposed to blowing
wind, sun, etc:
na hladnoći in cold
na kiši in rain
na snijegu in snow
na suncu in sun, exposed to sun
na vjetru exposed to wind
na zraku in (fresh) air
Some nouns can be used with both u¨ and na¨ – then the u¨ gives an ordinary
meaning, and na¨ a derived, metaphorical one:
u moru in the sea (below surface / swimming)
na moru at the seaside; on the sea (sailing)
u selu in the village
na selu in countryside
So, when you tell in Croatian that someone’s na moru he or she can be just on