Comparing and contrasting (s jedne strane, za razliku od, u usporedbi s)

The other half of the pair

You learned s druge strane (on the other hand) in the previous lesson; it has a partner that opens the comparison: s jedne strane (on the one hand). S jedne strane želim putovati, a s druge strane nemam novca. naprotiv (on the contrary) rejects the expectation outright: Film nije dosadan, naprotiv!

Comparing — the case each phrase takes

phrasemeaningcase
za razliku odunlikegenitive
u usporedbi scompared withinstrumental
u odnosu nain relation to, compared toaccusative
na temeljuon the basis ofgenitive

Za razliku od brata, ona voli sport. Cijene su visoke u odnosu na plaće.

Narrowing and giving examples

isključivo (exclusively), osobito (especially) and primjerice (for example — the written partner of na primjer) let you limit or illustrate a claim: Volim voće, osobito jabuke.

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