Meeting a neighbour

Use ja sam (I am), ti si (you are, familiar), on · ona je (he/she is). With adults and staff, use polite Vi ste. Polite Vi takes plural verb forms even when speaking to one person.

A noun has grammatical gender: masculine susjed, feminine susjeda, neuter ime. An adjective agrees with its noun. A male learner is novi susjed, a female learner nova susjeda. Croatian has no article like English a/the.

A case is a form showing the job of a noun. The nominative names a person or thing. Learn Evo Vašeg ključa as a whole: evo introduces a genitive form. Dobra večer, hvala, and drago mi je are greeting and courtesy chunks.

• Ja sam novi susjed.I am the new neighbour.

  Ja sam nova susjeda.I am the new neighbour.

• Vi ste novi susjed.You are the new neighbour. (polite)

  Vi ste nova susjeda.You are the new neighbour. (polite)

• Ti si susjed.You are the neighbour. (familiar)

  Ti si susjeda.You are the neighbour. (familiar)

• Ovo je novi susjed.This is the new neighbour.

  Ovo je nova susjeda.This is the new neighbour.

• Ovo je moj ključ.This is my key.

• Ovo je moja kuća.This is my house.

• On je Miki.He is Miki.

• Dobra večer!Good evening!

A pronoun names a person or thing in place of its noun: ja, ti, on, ona. Singular means one; plural means more than one. Polite Vi still takes plural grammatical agreement.