3 | 1 | Lekcija 7: Slika i prilika

| The Verb SLIČITI (to look alike)

The verb sličiti is a regular verb that ends in -iti. This will follow the conjugation pattern of other -iti verbs that you have encountered so far, such as raditi. When using the verb sličiti, you will need to use the preposition na as well. What follows after the preposition na is a noun in the Accusative case. Look at the example: Laura sliči na mamu, a njezina sestra sliči na tatu.

3.1 Zadatak 16. Poznate obitelji

Famous parents and their children

Browse the family members online to see their resemblance. You might think that a child looks more like the other parent. Your task is to answer the following question: Na koga sliči [...]? This is your personal opinion.

| To have an interest in

In order to express the idea that someone is interested in something, you need to use the form of the verb zanimati. The formula to create the sentence like – Marko has an interest in music – you need to have in mind the following structure:

Marka zanima glazba (muzika).

Marka zanimaju film i glazba.

If we already know that Marko is the person we are talking about, and that he is the one who likes the music, we can easily say:

Remember – whoever has an interest in something will be in the Accusative case. Whatever the interest is, it will be in the Nominative case.

As you can see in the example above, personal pronouns in the Accusative case have two forms: stressed and unstressed form. Depending on the position in the sentence, you can only use one of the two forms.

More about this specific structure will be covered later in the semester.

| The Accusative Pronouns

The table below has all the forms of the Accusative personal pronouns.

Note that personal pronouns in the Accusative case can be also used to express other meanings in Croatian, not just for expressing the interest. For example, someone likes something or someone.

Remember

Whoever is ‘’liked’’ will be in the Accusative case. Whoever ‘’likes’’ will be in the Nominative case. More about this in the following units.

3.1 Zadatak 17. Koga zanima?

🔊 Listen to the following sentence and indicate who has the interest in each of the following statements.

3.1 Zadatak 18. Što ih zanima?

Look at the following list of famous people and their professions. Answer the questions by using the appropriate pronoun in the Accusative case and their main interest that is listed in the word-bank. You will not use all the words from the word bank. Pay attention to where the pronoun is placed in the answer - at the beginning of the sentence or in the middle.