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Croatian

Imagine arriving at a hotel only to find a complete disaster (**katastrofa**). To complain effectively about your stay, you will need indefinite and negative adjectives of quality: **svakakav** (all kinds of), **ikakav** (any kind of), and **nikakav** (no kind of / none). 

These words decline exactly like regular adjectives, changing their endings to match the gender, number, and case of the noun they describe.

### Svakakav (All Kinds Of)

Use **svakakav** to express that you encountered an overwhelming variety of things—in the context of a bad hotel, usually problems! As a direct object, it takes the accusative case.

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### Nikakav (No Kind Of) and Double Negation

Croatian has a strict rule of double negation. Whenever you use a negative word like **nikakav**, the verb in the sentence must also be negative. 

For example, to express that there are absolutely no items of a certain kind, use the negative verb **nema** (there isn't / there aren't). Remember that **nema** always requires the noun and its adjectives to be in the genitive case.

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If you are saying you didn't receive something, the negated verb (like *nismo dobili*) takes a direct object in the accusative case.

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### Ikakav (Any Kind Of)

What if your sentence isn't negative? In questions, conditional sentences, or when using prepositions like **bez** (without), use **ikakav** to mean "any kind of". 

Use it in the accusative case when asking if you have "any kind of" chance.

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The preposition **bez** always takes the genitive case. Use the genitive form **ikakvih** to demand a resolution without "any kind of" problems.

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Adjectives of quality (svakakav, ikakav, nikakav)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

prep

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular pronouns and to be (sam, si, je)

Noun genders (-Ø, -a, -o/-e)

Demonstrative pronouns (ovaj, ova, ovo)

Plural pronouns and to be (smo, ste, su)

Masculine plural nouns (-i)

Feminine plural nouns (-e)

Neuter plural nouns (-a)

Full verb to be (jesam, jesi)

Negative verb to be (nisam, nisi)

Yes/no questions (je li)

Wh- questions (tko, gdje)

Formal vs informal address (ti vs Vi)

Regular present tense (-ati)

Regular present tense (-iti)

Regular present tense (-jeti)

Verb negation (ne)

The verb to have (imati / nemati)

Inanimate direct objects

Feminine direct objects (-u)

Plural direct objects (-e, -a)

Accusative pronouns (me, te, ga, ju)

Adjective agreement

Plural adjectives

Accusative adjectives

Numbers 1 to 10 (jedan, dva, tri)

The locative case (-u)

Feminine locative (-i)

The verb to go (ići)

Destination (u, na)

The genitive case (-a)

Accusative pronouns (nas, vas, ga, ih)

Animate masculine accusative (-a)

Adjective agreement for animate masculine (-og, -eg)

The verb can (moći)

The verb must (morati)

The verb to want (htjeti, hoću)

The future tense (ću/ćeš + infinitive)

The past tense: l-participle (radio, radila)

Past tense word order (Prvo sam radio...)

Past tense with plural subjects (-li, -le, -la)

Feminine genitive singular (-e)

Possession and origin (od, iz)

Negative existence (nema)

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Genitive plural (-a)

Numbers 11 to 20

Past tense negation (nisam)

Past tense questions (jeste li)

Dative singular

Dative pronouns (ti, mu, joj)

Past tense negation (nisam, nisi...)

Double object pronouns (mu ga, ti ju...)

Reflexive verbs (se)

Reflexive clitic word order

Commands and requests (radi, radite)

Plural demonstratives (ovi, ove, ova)

Possessive determiners (moj, naš, njegov)

Greetings (Dobar dan, doviđenja)

The body: Boli me glava

Directions (lijevo, desno, ravno)

There is, there are (ima)

Politeness (molim vas, hvala lijepa)

How you feel (Sviđa mi se)

Counting by tens to 100 (trideset, četrdeset...)

Quantifiers with the genitive case (malo, puno...)

Adjective agreement in the genitive singular (-og, -e)

Adjective agreement in the genitive plural (-ih)

Genitive prepositions (kod, do, bez...)

Asking what kind and which (kakav, koji)

Possessive determiners (njegov, njezin...)

Possessives in the accusative case

The reflexive possessive (svoj)

Indefinite pronouns (netko, nešto, neki)

Negative pronouns (nitko, ništa)

The verb to need (trebati)

Reciprocal verbs (se)

Introduction to verbal aspect

Perfective verbs with prefixes

Perfective verbs with stem changes

Irregular perfective verbs

Aspect in the past tense

Aspect in the future tense

Vehicular motion (voziti se, putovati)

Arrival and departure ('doći', 'otići')

Entering and exiting ('ući', 'izaći')

Singular accompaniment ('s', 'sa')

Question	Answer
disaster	katastrofa
all kinds of	svakakav
This hotel is a disaster, we saw all kinds of problems.	Ovaj hotel je katastrofa, vidjeli smo svakakve probleme.
terrible	grozan
mattress	madrac
Our bed is terrible and the mattress is very old.	Naš krevet je grozan i madrac je jako star.
sheet	plahta
There are no clean sheets of any kind in the room.	U sobi nema nikakvih čistih plahti.
We heard all kinds of noise and terrible sounds in the hotel.	Čuli smo svakakvu buku i grozne zvukove u hotelu.
complaint	prigovor
management	uprava
We wrote a complaint and sent it to the management.	Napisali smo prigovor i poslali ga upravi.
rude	bezobrazan
apology	isprika
The management was rude and we didn't get any kind of apology.	Uprava je bila bezobrazna i nismo dobili nikakvu ispriku.
refund	povrat
This is a disaster, do we have any kind of chance for a refund?	Ovo je katastrofa, imamo li ikakvu šansu za povrat novca?
The door is dirty, and the rude employee doesn't want to listen to any kind of complaints.	Vrata su prljava, a bezobrazni zaposlenik ne želi slušati nikakve prigovore.
Our complaint is clear, we want a refund without any kind of problems.	Naš prigovor je jasan, želimo povrat novca bez ikakvih problema.
We heard all kinds of apologies, but we want a new mattress.	Čuli smo svakakve isprike, ali želimo novi madrac.
This bed sheet is a disaster, and the management has no kind of excuse.	Ova plahta je katastrofa, a uprava nema nikakvu ispriku.