A report and event sequence
, , , order events. A past time or the report context lets you reuse the perfect without repeating yesterday in every sentence.
Useful irregulars are pasti → pao · pala, otići → otišao · otišla, doći → došao · došla. Regular plesati → plesao · plesala follows the same auxiliary-and-agreement pattern. Polite keeps masculine plural agreement for either learner sex.
A report can use24-hour times, . is standard negative agreement. Do not remove the negative auxiliary just because the sentence already has nothing.
| Pattern | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| First the concert started. | ||
| First the concert started. | ||
| Then the drum fell. | ||
| Then the drum fell. | ||
| I went home. | ||
| I went home. | ||
| I came at eight. | ||
| I came at eight. | ||
Prvo je počeo koncert.First the concert started.
Zatim je bubanj pao.Then the drum fell.
Otišao sam kući.I went home.
Otišla sam kući.I went home.
Došao sam u osam.I came at eight.
Došla sam u osam.I came at eight.
Dario je plesao.Dario danced.
Vi ste plesali.You danced. (polite)
Ništa nisam vidio.I did not see anything.
Ništa nisam vidjela.I did not see anything.
To je pogreška.That is a mistake.
Practice 1/6 · Finding words
Notice the useful pattern
Tap the form practised in this unit.
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First the concert started.
.
Then the drum fell.
.
I went home.
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I went home.
.
I came at eight.
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I came at eight.
Practice 2/6 · The right form
Choose the form
Use the English meaning and the pattern in this unit.
je počeo koncert.
First the concert started.
Zatim je bubanj .
Then the drum fell.
sam kući.
I went home.
sam kući.
I went home.
sam u osam.
I came at eight.
sam u osam.
I came at eight.
Dario je .
Dario danced.
Vi ste .
You danced. (polite)
Ništa vidio.
I did not see anything.
Ništa vidjela.
I did not see anything.
To je .
That is a mistake.
Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps
Complete the messages
Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
sam kući.
I went home.
sam kući.
I went home.
sam u osam.
I came at eight.
sam u osam.
I came at eight.
Dario je .
Dario danced.
Vi ste .
You danced. (polite)
Ništa vidio.
I did not see anything.
Ništa vidjela.
I did not see anything.
To je .
That is a mistake.
Practice 4/6 · Building sentences
Build a sentence
Put the words in order.
First the concert started.
Then the drum fell.
I went home.
I went home.
I came at eight.
I came at eight.
Dario danced.
You danced. (polite)
Practice 5/6 · In situations
What would you say?
Choose the right words for the situation.
First the concert started.
You say:
Use the meaning and Croatian pattern explained in this unit.
First the concert started.
You say:
Use the meaning and Croatian pattern explained in this unit.
Then the drum fell.
You say:
Use the meaning and Croatian pattern explained in this unit.
Then the drum fell.
You say:
Use the meaning and Croatian pattern explained in this unit.
I went home.
You say:
Use the meaning and Croatian pattern explained in this unit.
I went home.
You say:
Use the meaning and Croatian pattern explained in this unit.
I came at eight.
You say:
Use the meaning and Croatian pattern explained in this unit.
I came at eight.
You say:
Use the meaning and Croatian pattern explained in this unit.
Practice 6/6 · Matching
Connect messages and meanings
Match the pairs.
Unit complete
