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Case 303

Poslušajte ispovijest žene u sudnici. Njezina sestra je ubijena, a ona zna tko ju je ubio. U svjedočenju ona govori i o njihovim obiteljskim odnosima.

Listen to the woman’s confession in the courtroom. Her sister was murdered, and she knows who killed her. In her testimony, she also talks about their family relationships.

Last updated: 6th October 2024

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Learn: All the cases in the same place

CROATIAN VERSION

Questions

Baka nije voljela grad, ali je živjela u gradu.

Točno.

Netočno.

None

Baka je išla kod doktora iako nije vjerovala doktorima.

Točno.

Netočno.

None

Njezina kćer je išla s njom u grad kad je imala termin.

Točno.

Netočno.

None

Zašto se mama razljutila na baku?

Jer je pogazila čovjeka.

Jer nije htjela ići stepenicama.

Jer joj je solila pamet.

None

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SERBIAN VERSION

Questions

Baba nije volela grad, ali je živela u gradu.

Tačno.

Netačno.

None

Baka je išla kod lekara iako nije verovala lekarima.

Tačno.

Netačno.

None

Njena ćerka je išla s njom u grad kad je imala termin.

Tačno.

Netačno.

None

Zašto se mama razljutila na baku?

Jer je pogazila čoveka.

Jer nije htela da ide stepenicama.

Jer joj je solila pamet.

None

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Analysis

Let’s analyze the text from the beginning considering the cases that are used.

LEGEND:

NOM – nominativ, basic form

GEN – genitiv

DAT – dativ

AK – akuzativ

VOK – vokativ

LOK – lokativ

INST – instrumental

CRO: Moja baka (NOM) je cijeli život (AK) živjela na selu (LOK).

SRB: Moja baba (NOM) je celi život (AK) živela na selu (LOK).

Maybe you wonder why cijeli život/ celi život is akuzativ. The answer is that we use akuzativ when expressing period, like for whole life, for a year, for a month… – cijeli/celi život, jednu godinu, jedan mjesec/mesec…

Nije često bila u velikim gradovima (LOK, plural).

Grad (NOM) joj se nije sviđao i nije pričala o gradovima (LOK).

Reminder: Lokativ comes after the connectors u, na, po, prema, o.

Uvijek/uvek kad je morala putovati u grad (AK), govorila je: „Osjećam/osećam se kao da moram ići u džunglu (AK).” 

In both examples, it’s about direction – akuzativ.

CRO: Kad je ostarila, morala je posjećivati doktore (AK), a doktori (NOM, plural) su bili u gradu (LOK).

SRB: Kad je ostarila, morala je da posećuje lekare (AK), a lekari (NOM, plural) su bili u gradu (LOK).

Iako nije vjerovala doktorima/verovala lekarima (DAT, plural), kad je imala termin (AK), išla je u bolnicu (AK) sa mojom mamom (INST), svojom kćerkom (INST).

Moja mama (NOM) je uvijek htjela pomoći/uvek htela da pomogne baki (DAT).

Išle su autom/kolima (INST). Mama (NOM) je vozila.

Kad su se mama (NOM) i ona vozile kroz grad (AK), baka (NOM) joj je stalno govorila: „Pazi, kćeri (VOK), semafor! Gle, pogazit ćeš čovjeka (AK)/pogazićeš čoveka (AK), bože, bože… (VOK)”.

Here we have 2 uses of vokativ – kćeri and bože – because she’s referring to her daughter and God. Did you know that God – Bog – in vokativ sounds Bože. It’s because a vocal change called palatalizacija occurs.

Jednom je mama (NOM) postala baš nervozna zbog bake (GEN) i njezinih komentara (GEN, plural) i rekla joj (DAT) je: „Sad je dosta.

Prestani mi (DAT) soliti pamet (AK)! / Prestani da mi (DAT) soliš pamet (AK)!

Izađi iz auta/kola (GEN) i idi sama.

Blizu bolnice (GEN) smo. Idi po ovim stepenicama (LOK) i skreni u ulicu (AK) lijevo/levo.

Nećeš se više ponašati tako bezobrazno prema meni! (LOK)”

Remember that “ja” in lokativ/dativ has long and short form, just like all other pronouns. Meni is a long form and it’s used always with a prepositions, like prema in the example above. The short form is mi and it’s used in all other cases, like Rekla mi je, Dao mi je…

What does SOLITI PAMET mean and when can you use it?

Soliti pamet literally means to salt my brain or mind.

The phrase is used in Croatian and Serbian languages when someone is constantly saying what you should do. They’re giving you advice you haven’t asked for. They behave like they’re smarter than you and that annoys you. Then you can say – Ne soli mi pamet!

Pamet is used like a synonym for mozak (brain) or um (mind) only in the phrases. Except for this one, we often say: “Sišao/la si s pameti!” That means “You climbed down your mind” literally. It’s used when you can not believe what someone did, how stupid thing.

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