Homeland and abroad (domovina, inozemstvo)

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homeland
domovina
Home is where your heart is.
Domovina je tamo gdje ti je srce.
Our homeland has a beautiful coast.
Naša domovina ima lijepu obalu.
citizenship
državljanstvo
He received Croatian citizenship.
Dobio je hrvatsko državljanstvo.
Without citizenship you cannot vote.
Bez državljanstva ne možeš glasati.
mother tongue
materinski jezik
One's mother tongue is not forgotten.
Materinski jezik se ne zaboravlja.
Croatian is my mother tongue.
Hrvatski mi je materinski jezik.
abroad, foreign countries
inozemstvo
My brother works abroad.
Brat mi radi u inozemstvu.
Abroad he learned three languages.
U inozemstvu je naučio tri jezika.
to emigrate (perfective)
iseliti se
They emigrated before the war.
Iselili su se prije rata.
The neighbours emigrated last year.
Susjedi su se iselili prošle godine.
to move in, to immigrate (perfective)
doseliti se
She moved to Split as a student.
Doselila se u Split kao student.
We moved closer to the sea.
Doselili smo se bliže moru.
to attend (school)
pohađati
She attended school in Zadar.
Pohađala je školu u Zadru.
Children attend school from the age of six.
Djeca pohađaju školu od šeste godine.
to spend the summer holiday
ljetovati
We spend every summer on the island.
Ljetujemo na otoku svake godine.
We spent the summer at grandma's by the sea.
Ljetovali smo kod bake na moru.
savings
ušteđevina
They gave all their savings for the house.
Dali su cijelu ušteđevinu za kuću.
The entire savings fit into a small box.
Cijela ušteđevina stala je u malu kutiju.

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