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### The Butcher Shop

A butcher shop is *mesnica*. When stating you are going *to* the butcher shop, use the preposition *u* (in/into) with the accusative case (*u mesnicu*). To provide a reason or context for an action, you can use the phrase *s obzirom na to da* (considering that).

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The person behind the counter is the butcher (*mesar*).

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### Veal, Beef, and Pork

The names for specific types of meat often end in *-ina*. Beef is *junetina*, pork is *svinjetina*, and veal is *teletina*. When buying a specific amount, such as a kilogram (*kilogram*), the noun that follows must be in the genitive case (*junetine*).

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To express that a trait is "increasingly" something over time, use the word *sve* followed by a comparative adjective, such as *sve skuplja* (increasingly expensive).

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### Minced Meat and Steaks

The adjective for minced is *mljeven*. Because meat (*meso*) is a neuter noun, the adjective takes the neuter ending to become *mljeveno meso*.

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A steak is *odrezak*. Remember that after the numbers two, three, and four, nouns take the genitive singular (paucal) form: *dva odreska*.

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When referring to multiple steaks as the subject of a sentence, the plural form undergoes a consonant change, becoming *odresci*.

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### Ribs and Bacon

A rib is *rebro*. Because it is a neuter noun, its plural form ends in *-a*, making ribs *rebra*.

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Another staple you can pick up at the butcher is bacon (*slanina*).

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### Slicing the Meat

When you need the butcher to slice your meat, use the verb *narezati*.

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To specify what you want the meat sliced *into*, use the preposition *na* followed by the accusative case. For example, slicing veal into steaks is *narezati teletinu na odreske*.

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At the Butcher's

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

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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...)

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Numbers 2, 3, and 4

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Numbers 11 to 20

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Dative pronouns (ti, mu, joj)

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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)

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The verb to need (trebati)

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Introduction to verbal aspect

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Singular accompaniment ('s', 'sa')

Question	Answer
butcher shop	mesnica
I am going to the butcher shop for fresh meat.	Idem u mesnicu po svježe meso.
Considering that it is Sunday, the butcher shop is closed.	S obzirom na to da je nedjelja, mesnica je zatvorena.
butcher	mesar
Our butcher sells fresh meat.	Naš mesar prodaje svježe meso.
steak	odrezak
Our butcher sold me a good steak.	Naš mesar mi je prodao dobar odrezak.
beef	junetina
One kilogram of beef for the soup, please.	Molim kilogram junetine za juhu.
Beef is increasingly expensive every month.	Junetina je sve skuplja svaki mjesec.
pork	svinjetina
Today we are cooking pork with vegetables.	Danas kuhamo svinjetinu s povrćem.
Considering that he doesn't eat pork, I bought fish.	S obzirom na to da ne jede svinjetinu, kupio sam ribu.
veal	teletina
Take the veal for lunch on Sunday.	Uzmite teletinu za ručak u nedjelju.
Veal is increasingly expensive, but it is very soft.	Teletina je sve skuplja, ali je vrlo meka.
minced	mljeven
I am going to the butcher shop because I need minced meat for dinner.	Idem u mesnicu jer mi treba mljeveno meso za večeru.
Do you have fresh minced meat?	Imate li svježe mljeveno meso?
I want two thick steaks.	Želim dva debela odreska.
Considering that the steaks are thin, we will cook them briefly.	S obzirom na to da su odresci tanki, peći ćemo ih kratko.
rib	rebro
I am going to the butcher shop to buy ribs for dinner.	Idem u mesnicu kupiti rebra za večeru.
The ribs in this butcher shop are increasingly good.	Rebra u ovoj mesnici su sve bolja.
bacon	slanina
He always eats eggs and bacon for breakfast.	On uvijek jede jaja i slaninu za doručak.
Bacon is increasingly expensive in stores.	Slanina je sve skuplja u trgovinama.
to slice	narezati
Can you slice the meat for me?	Možete li mi narezati meso?
Considering that I don't have a sharp knife, the butcher will slice the veal into steaks.	S obzirom na to da nemam oštar nož, mesar će narezati teletinu na odreske.