Directions (lijevo, desno, ravno)

Left, right, straight on

Croatian answers which way? with adverbs, not adjectives — they never change their ending:

lijevo(to the) left
desno(to the) right
ravnostraight ahead
natragback
I go straight on, and you go left.
Idem ravno, a ti ideš lijevo.

Turning

skrenuti is to turn. It is a perfective verb, so at this stage use it after a modal — moram skrenuti, mogu skrenuti — rather than on its own.

I have to turn left.
Moram skrenuti lijevo.

The compass

sjevernorth
jugsouth
istokeast
zapadwest

To say you are heading in one of these directions, use na plus the accusative — the same destination pattern you already use with places.

We are going south.
Idemo na jug.

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