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Doing the laundry requires specific vocabulary to navigate the household appliances and cleaning products involved. Let's look at the essentials for wash day.

### Washing and Drying Machines

To get started, you will need to load your dirty laundry into the washing machine (*perilica*). After washing, you might transfer the clothes to a dryer (*sušilica*).

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### Detergents and Softeners

Before starting the wash, you must add soap. You can use liquid detergent (*deterdžent*) or washing powder (*prašak*).

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For extra softness and a pleasant scent, don't forget to include the fabric softener (*omekšivač*).

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### Choosing the Right Cycle

Depending on what you are washing, from delicate shirts to heavy bedding (*posteljina*), you will need to choose the appropriate washing program (*program*).

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The spin cycle (*centrifuga*) is the final step in the machine that rapidly removes excess water from your clothes.

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### Hanging and Ironing

If you are not using a dryer, you will hang your wet laundry up and secure the clothes using clothespins (the singular form is *štipaljka*, while the plural is *štipaljke*).

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Finally, to remove wrinkles from your clean clothes, you will need an iron (*glačalo*).

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Doing the Laundry

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
washing machine	perilica
I didn't put the dirty laundry in the washing machine.	Nisam stavio prljavo rublje u perilicu.
dryer	sušilica
The washing machine and the dryer are in the bathroom.	Perilica i sušilica su u kupaonici.
The dryer is running all day.	Sušilica radi cijeli dan.
detergent	deterdžent
bedding	posteljina
Do you have detergent for the bedding?	Imaš li deterdženta za posteljinu?
powder	prašak
I didn't buy powder yesterday.	Jučer nisam kupio prašak.
You have to put powder or detergent in the washing machine.	Moraš staviti prašak ili deterdžent u perilicu.
fabric softener	omekšivač
Fabric softener gives the laundry a pleasant smell.	Omekšivač daje rublju ugodan miris.
I forgot to put fabric softener in the washing machine.	Zaboravio sam staviti omekšivač u perilicu.
I will wash the bedding tomorrow morning.	Oprat ću posteljinu sutra ujutro.
program	program
Choose a short program for the dirty shirts.	Izaberi kratak program za prljave košulje.
This program is for sensitive laundry.	Ovaj program je za osjetljivo rublje.
spin cycle	centrifuga
The spin cycle is very loud today.	Centrifuga je danas vrlo bučna.
I didn't turn on the spin cycle for the dress.	Nisam uključio centrifugu za haljinu.
clothespin	štipaljka
Do you need clothespins for the wet laundry?	Trebaju li ti štipaljke za mokro rublje?
I can't find the clothespins on the balcony.	Ne mogu naći štipaljke na balkonu.
iron (for clothes)	glačalo
The iron is hot, be careful!	Glačalo je vruće, pazi!
Please bring me water for the iron.	Molim te, donesi mi vodu za glačalo.

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