In this lesson, you will learn the proper pronunciation of the days of the week in Croatian. And there's more! You will also learn how to use different forms of the days of the week to express common time references in everyday conversations!
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As always, here are timestamps for you to easily navigate through the video:
1:03 – Days of the Week
5:33 – Practice with me
7:08 – How to use the days of the week in everyday speech
09:03 – Nominative case
10:01 – The Accusative case
14:54 – The Instrumental Case
17:48 – The Genitive Case
27:17 – Let’s practice!
I have also included the references made in the video that you can check out below!
1:03 – Days of the Week
Monday – ponedjeljak
Tuesday – utorak
Wednesday – srijeda
Thursday – četvrtak
Friday – petak
Saturday – subota
Sunday - nedjelja
5:33 – Practice with me
7:08 – How to use the days of the week in everyday speech
09:03 – Nominative case
Koji je danas dan? – What day is it today?
Danas je srijeda. – Today is Wednesday.
Danas je nedjelja. – Today is Sunday.
10:01 – The Accusative case
ponedjeljak, utorak, četvrtak, petak (masculine N = A)
srijedu, subotu, nedjelju (feminine A)
Ne volim ponedjeljak. - I don’t like Modays.
Ne volim utorak. – I don’t like Tuesdays.
Ne volim petak. – I don’t like Fridays.
Ne volim srijedu. – I don’t like Wednesdays.
Ne volim nedjelju. – I don’t like Sundays.
Moram ići liječniku u srijedu. – I have to go to a doctor on Wednesday.
Moram ići liječniku u petak. – I have to go to a doctor on Friday.
Moram ići liječniku u nedjelju. – I have to go to a doctor on Sunday.
14:54 – The Instrumental Case
ponedjeljkom
utorkom
srijedom
četvrtkom
petkom
subotom
nedjeljom
Srijedom i petkom igram tenis. – I play tennis on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Četvrtkom radim od kuće. – I work from home on Thursdays.
17:48 – The Genitive Case
svaki (m), svaka (f) – each/every (Nominative) – SORRY about the mistake in the video!
svakog (m), svake (f) – each/every (Genitive)
ponedjeljka
utorka
srijede
četvrtka
petka
subote
nedjelje
Igram tenis svake srijede. – I play tennis every Wednesday.
Igram tenis svakog petka. – I play tennis every Friday.
Svakog ponedjeljka i četvrtka radim od kuće. – I work from home every Monday and Thursday.
Svakog ponedjeljka i (svake) srijede radim od kuće. – I work from home every Monday and Wednesday.
Radim od ponedjeljka do petka. – I work from Monday to Friday.
Počinjem raditi od ponedjeljka. – I’m starting work on Monday.
27:17 – Let’s practice!
Today is Wednesday. – Danas je srijeda.
Today is Friday. – Danas je petak.
I can’t wait for Friday. – Jedva čekam petak.
I can’t wait for Sunday. – Jedva čekam nedjelju.
I run every Tuesday. – Trčim svakog utorka.
I run every Wednesday. – Trčim svake srijede.
I run on Tuesdays. – Trčim utorkom.
I run on Wednesdays. – Trčim srijedom.
I love to read on Thursdays. – Volim čitati četvrtkom.
I start to work on Monday. – Počinjem raditi od ponedjeljka.
I work from Monday to Friday. – Radim od ponedjeljka do petka.
For more examples, check out the article: https://learn-croatian.com/days-months-seasons/
If you want to learn more about the Croatian cases mentioned in this video, please visit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_CMye0Xpo&t=14s&pp=sAQA
Nominative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcSUiF8pWKM&t=3s&pp=sAQA
https://learn-croatian.com/nominative-case/
Genitive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f4nh8ASbzI&t=7s&pp=sAQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zcr6sRcN8Q&t=1s&pp=sAQA
https://learn-croatian.com/genitive/
Dative/Locative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fjz4tNTcaY&pp=sAQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saBsIdAU2uU&pp=sAQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvKWKXVBBxo&t=1s&pp=sAQA
https://learn-croatian.com/dative-case/
https://learn-croatian.com/locative/
Accusative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgCFd2PAfC8&pp=sAQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPkcLP_mdW8&t=2s&pp=sAQA
https://learn-croatian.com/accusative/
Instrumental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn4Gaq0UWb8&pp=sAQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p68P6OTGkPk&pp=sAQA
https://learn-croatian.com/instrumental/
Happy learning, everyone!
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