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To talk about what you are in the mood for, or what matters to you, Croatian uses idiomatic expressions with the preposition *do*. Since *do* requires the Genitive case, the noun or pronoun following it will always be in the Genitive.

### Expressing Mood: "Biti do"

To express what you are (or aren't) in the mood for, use a Dative pronoun (indicating who feels the mood) with the verb *biti* (to be) + *do* + a Genitive noun. The negative (*nije mi do*) is frequently used to politely decline invitations.

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Notice how the Dative pronouns *mi* (to me) and *nam* (to us) show whose mood is being described. The activities—*smijeha* (laughter) and *druženja* (socializing)—take the Genitive case.

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### Expressing Caring: "Stalo mi je do"

To say that you deeply care about something, use the word *stalo* in a similar structure: a Dative pronoun + *stalo* + *je do* + Genitive.

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### Working with Verbal Nouns

You will frequently use verbal nouns to talk about moods and interests. These typically end in *-nje* and behave like neuter nouns, taking the *-nja* ending in the Genitive case.

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Once you are comfortable with both phrases, you can easily contrast what matters to you with what you aren't in the mood for using the exact same grammatical pattern.

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Expressing mood and interest (do + genitive)

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
honestly	iskreno
laughter	smijeh
Honestly, tonight I am not in the mood for laughter.	Iskreno, večeras mi nije do smijeha.
socializing	druženje
Since we are sick, we aren't in the mood for socializing near the sea.	Budući da smo bolesni, nije nam do druženja pokraj mora.
caring (in 'stalo mi je do')	stalo
trifle	sitnica
Do you even care about that trifle?	Je li tebi uopće stalo do te sitnice?
gossiping	ogovaranje
superficiality	površnost
Honestly, he is not in the mood for gossiping and superficiality.	Iskreno, nije mu do ogovaranja i površnosti.
rivalry	nadmetanje
proving oneself	dokazivanje
She is always in the mood for rivalry and proving herself.	Njoj je uvijek do nadmetanja i dokazivanja.
making excuses	izmotavanje
Either you care about us, or you care about making excuses!	Ili ti je stalo do nas, ili ti je stalo do izmotavanja!
They don't care about anything due to that big problem.	Nije im stalo do ničega uslijed tog velikog problema.
My brother is currently not in the mood for laughter nor for socializing.	Mom bratu trenutno nije do smijeha ni do druženja.
Because of that argument, we are not in the mood for a party.	Zbog te svađe nam nije do zabave.
I don't care about superficiality, I want a real relationship.	Nije mi stalo do površnosti, želim pravi odnos.
Now nobody is in the mood for your making excuses.	Sada nikome nije do tvog izmotavanja.
Their team only cares about victory and money.	Njihovoj ekipi stalo je samo do pobjede i novca.
Small things matter to me, but I am not in the mood for gossiping.	Stalo mi je do sitnica, ali nije mi do ogovaranja.
Honestly, today we are not in the mood for competing and proving ourselves.	Iskreno, danas nam nije do nadmetanja i dokazivanja.