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When talking about international summits and conferences, you will frequently need to identify delegates and where they are from.

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### Inhabitants ending in -ac

Male inhabitants of many countries end in the suffix **-ac**.

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When these nouns change form for the plural or other cases, the **a** before the **c** disappears (this is known as a "fleeting a"). For example, adding the plural suffix **-i** turns **-ac** into **-ci**.

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This vowel drop happens in other grammatical cases as well, such as the instrumental.

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Here are a few more nationalities that follow this exact pattern in the singular and plural.

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### Inhabitants ending in -anin

Male inhabitants of continents, regions, and certain cities often end in the suffix **-anin**.

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These nouns have a special, irregular plural form. The **-in** ending drops entirely before adding the plural suffix **-i**. Therefore, **-anin** becomes **-ani** (never *-anini*).

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This same rule applies to the names of city residents, such as those from Zagreb (**Zagrepčanin**) or Split (**Splićanin**).

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### Putting it all together

Now you are ready to identify and mix with all the representatives at the summit, keeping their plural endings straight!

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City and country inhabitants (-ac, -anin)

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
delegate	delegat
The delegates are coming to the conference.	Delegati dolaze na konferenciju.
representative	predstavnik
I would like to meet the representative from Croatia.	Htio bih upoznati predstavnika iz Hrvatske.
American man	Amerikanac
The new representative is an American.	Novi predstavnik je Amerikanac.
Mexican man	Meksikanac
The Americans and the Mexicans are sitting together in the hall.	Amerikanci i Meksikanci sjede zajedno u dvorani.
I would like to speak with a Mexican.	Htio bih razgovarati s jednim Meksikancem.
German man	Nijemac
As soon as that German arrives, we will start the meeting.	Čim stigne onaj Nijemac, počet ćemo sastanak.
Spaniard (m)	Španjolac
All the Germans and the Spaniards must sign the document.	Svi Nijemci i Španjolci moraju potpisati dokument.
This Spaniard is our delegate.	Ovaj Španjolac je naš delegat.
Japanese man	Japanac
The Japanese usually respect the rules.	Japanci obično poštuju pravila.
Our seats are taken, said the Japanese man.	Naša mjesta su zauzeta, rekao je Japanac.
European man	Europljanin
Some Europeans are traveling to that symposium.	Neki Europljani putuju na taj simpozij.
Is that man really a European?	Zar je taj čovjek Europljanin?
inhabitant of Zagreb (m)	Zagrepčanin
inhabitant of Split (m)	Splićanin
Residents of Zagreb and Split are good collaborators.	Zagrepčani i Splićani su dobri suradnici.
As soon as the people from Zagreb arrive, we can start.	Čim Zagrepčani dođu, možemo početi.
A resident of Split explained that problem to me.	Jedan Splićanin mi je objasnio taj problem.
Are these people delegates or representatives?	Jesu li ovi ljudi delegati ili predstavnici?
The Europeans and the Japanese have a meeting this afternoon.	Europljani i Japanci imaju sastanak danas popodne.
The young Mexican wants to become a representative.	Mladi Meksikanac želi postati predstavnik.
All the representatives gathered in the hall.	Svi predstavnici su se okupili u dvorani.

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