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C8 M3 L1 Grammar

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8 | Modul 3: Gramatika

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8 | 3 | Lekcija 1: Ne jedi rukama!

| When to Use the Instrumental Case?

The Instrumental case is used in the following situations. This is a review of all the things we have mentioned so far:

A Company

To indicate accompaniment (similar to English ‘’with’’). It is used with the preposition s in the

meaning of “with, in accompaniment with, together with.”

Putujem s mamom. – I travel with (my) mom.

A Tool

To indicate the tool (an instrument) or means used to accomplish an action (similar to English ‘’with’’ or ‘’by’’): Pay attention – in Croatian, in this case, there is no preposition s. When the Instrumental is used in the context of explaining a tool or the means used to accomplish an action, there’s no preposition necessary.

Putujem autobusom. – I travel by bus.

Jedem juhu žlicom. – I eat soup with a spoon.

Pišem pismo olovkom. – I write a letter with a pen.

A Unity

To indicate a unity of two

entities (when referring to one thing combined with another).

Pijem čaj s limunom. – I drink tea with lemon.

In today’s class we talked about the way we eat things. As you saw, we use the Instrumental case, but without the preposition s.

Jedemo […]

nožem	vilicom	žlicom

malom žlicom	štapićima	rukama

8.3 Zadatak 1. Čime jedemo?

Read the following short sentences and finish them in the appropriate way so that the sentence makes sense. Na primjer: Pizzu jedemo rukama.

| The Past Tense of JESTI i PITI and their perfective pairs

JESTI (je - sti) - imperfective verb
[masculine]	[feminine]	[neuter]
Ja sam je-o.	Ja sam je-la.
Ti si je-o.	Ti si je-la.
On je je-o.	Ona je je-la.	Ono je je-lo.*
Mi smo je-li.	Mi smo je-le.
Vi ste je-li.	Vi ste je-le.
Oni su je-li.	One su je-le.	Ona su je-la.

POJESTI (poje - sti) - perfective verb
[masculine]	[feminine]	[neuter]
Ja sam poje-o.	Ja sam poje-la.
Ti si poje-o.	Ti si poje-la.
On je poje-o.	Ona je poje-la.	Ono je poje-lo.*
Mi smo poje-li.	Mi smo poje-le.
Vi ste poje-li.	Vi ste poje-le.
Oni su poje-li.	One su poje-le.	Ona su poje-la.

PITI (pi - ti) - imperfective verb
[masculine]	[feminine]	[neuter]
Ja sam pi-o.	Ja sam pi-la.
Ti si pi-o.	Ti si pi-la.
On je pi-o.	Ona je pi-la.	Ono je pi-lo.*
Mi smo pi-li.	Mi smo pi-le.
Vi ste pi-li.	Vi ste pi-le.
Oni su pi-li.	One su pi-le.	Ona su pi-la.

POPITI (popi - ti) - perfective verb
[masculine]	[feminine]	[neuter]
Ja sam popi-o.	Ja sam popi-la.
Ti si popi-o.	Ti si popi-la.
On je popi-o.	Ona je popi-la.	Ono je popi-lo.*
Mi smo popi-li.	Mi smo popi-le.
Vi ste popi-li.	Vi ste popi-le.
Oni su popi-li.	One su popi-le.	Ona su popi-la.

*Note: In neuter gender, we usually don’t use a pronoun. Rather, we use a noun, such as dijete – Dijete je popilo čašu mlijeka.

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