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In Croatian, when a generic noun (like a title or geographic term) modifies a proper noun (like a name or city), both nouns take the same case. This is called appositional agreement.

### Geographic Terms

When using words like **grad** (city) or **rijeka** (river) with a specific name, both words decline together.

For example, expressing location with **u** (in) requires the Locative case for both the generic noun and the proper noun:

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Expressing a destination with **u** (to) requires the Accusative case:

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### Professional Titles

When using titles like **doktor** (doctor), **predsjednik** (president), or **dekan** (dean) with a name, both the title and the name decline.

With the preposition **s** or **sa** (with), both take the Instrumental case:

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For an indirect object (like the recipient of an email), both take the Dative case:

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### Combining Appositions

You can combine these phrases in a single sentence. Just ensure each proper noun matches its modifying generic noun.

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Appositional case agreement

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
Zagreb	Zagreb
We will be in the city of Zagreb.	Bit ćemo u gradu Zagrebu.
institute	institut
He works at the institute in the city of Zagreb.	On radi na institutu u gradu Zagrebu.
Split	Split
I am traveling to the city of Split by train.	Putujem u grad Split vlakom.
symposium	simpozij
We will be at the symposium in the city of Split.	Bit ćemo na simpoziju u gradu Splitu.
scientist	znanstvenik
Are you collaborating with the scientist Ivan?	Surađujete li sa znanstvenikom Ivanom?
The scientist is talking with Doctor Ana.	Znanstvenik razgovara s doktoricom Anom.
president	predsjednik
The president sees him at the symposium.	Predsjednik ga vidi na simpoziju.
I have a meeting with President Horvat.	Imam sastanak s predsjednikom Horvatom.
department	odjel
I am sending the document to the department.	Šaljem dokument na odjel.
head (manager, leader)	voditelj
We are talking with the head of the department, Ivan.	Razgovaramo s voditeljem odjela Ivanom.
Are you calling the head of the department?	Zovete li voditelja odjela?
dean	dekan
The dean works at the new institute.	Dekan radi na novom institutu.
I am writing an e-mail to Dean Horvat.	Pišem e-mail dekanu Horvatu.
Sava	Sava
We live in the city of Zagreb on the river Sava.	Živimo u gradu Zagrebu na rijeci Savi.
We see the river Sava.	Vidimo rijeku Savu.