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Prepositions in Croatian: Place, Position, Direction, and Motion

Learn about prepositions in Croatian and their translations, including prepositions of place, position, direction, and motion. Practice exercises included.

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Prepositions in Croatian: Place, Position, Direction, and Motion

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  1. Mladen MarinacDepartment of AgriculturePolytechnic of Rijeka

  2. Why bother? ...and it is a part of the exam, too! 

  3. Word Classes Match a word class with its appropriate translation: • PRONOUN ___ PRIDJEV • VERB ___IMENICA • ARTICLE ___PRIJEDLOG • ADJECTIVE ___PRILOG • NOUN ___GLAGOL • PREPOSITION ___ČLAN • ADVERB ___ZAMJENICA

  4. PREPOSITIONS PLACE and POSITION TIME DIRECTION and MOTION

  5. What type of prepositions are these?

  6. PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE and POSITION AT – at home at work at dinner at a big hotel at the university at Viškovo (smaller places) at the airport How would you translate the above-mentioned prepositions in Croatian? - in Croatian: kod, na, za, u, …….

  7. Match the prepositions (OFF/ IN/ ON /ACROSS) with the examples below: 1) _______ the house _______ the USA (countries) _______ London (towns, bigger places) 2) ______ the table There is a label _______ the bottle. You’ll find details _______ page seven. 3)She fell ________ the wall. The school is ______ the main street. 4)She lives _______ the street. Anyone from the houses _______ the road could see him. The footbridge swayed when I ran ______.

  8. Answer key: 1) IN ________the house _______ the USA (countries) _______ London (towns, bigger places) 2) ON ____________the table There is a label _______ the bottle. You’ll find details _______ page seven. 3)OFF She fell ________ the wall. The school is ______ the main street. 4)ACROSS She lives _______ the street. Anyone from the houses _______ the road could see him. The footbridge swayed when I ran ______.

  9. AROUND-The knights were sitting around the round table. - The doctor put the bandagearound her arm. BETWEEN - X is sitting between Y and Z. AMONG - I couldn’t see her among all thosepeople. BETWEEN vs AMONG - use AMONG when talking about 3 or more people or things. For 2 people or things, use BETWEEN.

  10. OVER = ABOVE -The kite was above usin the sky. UNDER /UNDERNEATH (directly below something, and sometimes touching or covered by it) - What’s under(neath) your desk? - under the law - under normal circumstances - under pressure - under control BELOW (lower or less than something) - The temperature is below zero.

  11. IN FRONT OF - In front of the house there is a garden. NEAR - The house is near the road. BEHIND - The bicycle is behind the car. ALONG - We walked along the road. The trees are planted along the street. AGAINST - Don’t lean against the fence! The bookcase is against the wall.

  12. PREPOSITIONS OF DIRECTION AND MOTION He always walks to school from his house. Opatija is about 15 kilometres from Rijeka. TO FROM

  13. He ran intothe house quickly. INTO OUT OF After a few minutes he ran out ofthe house with an umbrella under his arm.

  14. The Pilgrims sailed toward(s)the New World. TOWARD(S) AWAY FROM They moved away fromtheir old neighbourhood.

  15. PREPOSITIONS – exercises

  16. 1) Insert the missing preposition (in some sentences more than one option is possible): a) They arrived ________ the United States last year. b) He put a piece of cheese ________ two pieces ofbread. c) Please, put your books here ________ the table. d) They are ________ Rome now. I believe they are staying ________ the Laguna Hotel. e) He got ________ his car and drove ________ thestreet. f) It would not be safe to let the lion ________ of hiscage. g) Jane was not ________ class yesterday. I think she wassick. h) Please, stand ________ . Come ________ me, so I can see you. i) The boys left their bikes leaning ________ the wall.

  17. Translate into English: 1) Pas je stajao ispred kuce i lajao na sve ljude. 2) Sjedila je pokraj mene. 3) Biljke su rasle duž ulice. 4) Naći ćeš novine iza vratiju. 5) Banka se nalazi između hotela i bolnice. 6) Stavi novine na policu ispod knjiga.

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