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Learn the essential vocabulary for managing your hotel accommodations, from booking a room to checking out.

### Booking Your Room

When reserving a hotel stay, specify the type of room and your preferred meal plan. Direct objects take the accusative case. For feminine nouns like *soba* (room), the ending changes to *-u* (e.g., *dvokrevetnu sobu* for a double room). Use the preposition *s* (with) followed by the instrumental case to describe what the room includes, such as *s polupansionom* (with half-board).

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For the cost of the stay itself, use the word for an overnight stay (*noćenje*).

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### Fees and Services

You will often encounter terms like *boravišna pristojba* (tourist tax, literally "residence fee") and *posluga u sobu* (room service). If you are paying the tax or calling room service, these phrases shift into the accusative case. Notice how the feminine noun *pristojba* becomes *pristojbu*, and *posluga* becomes *poslugu*.

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### Extra Beds and Minibars

You might need to ask for an extra bed (*pomoćni ležaj*). Because *ležaj* is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form matches its nominative form. If you are asking for a room *with* an extra bed, use the preposition *s* and the instrumental case, which adds *-em* or *-om* to masculine nouns (*s pomoćnim ležajem*). 

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The same instrumental rule applies if you want to mention a room with a minibar (*s mini-barom*).

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### Checking Out

In Croatian, checking out is expressed with the reflexive verb *odjaviti se*. As a reflexive verb, it is always accompanied by the short pronoun *se*.

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Hotel Stay & Amenities

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
double	dvokrevetni
I would like a double room with a balcony.	Htio bih dvokrevetnu sobu s balkonom.
This double room is larger than the previous one.	Ova dvokrevetna soba je veća nego prošla.
half-board	polupansion
We want a room with half-board.	Želimo sobu s polupansionom.
My parents booked half-board at the hotel.	Moji roditelji su rezervirali polupansion u hotelu.
overnight stay	noćenje
How much does one overnight stay cost?	Koliko košta jedno noćenje?
Overnight stay and breakfast are included in the price.	Noćenje i doručak su uključeni u cijenu.
residence	boravišni
fee	pristojba
Tourist tax is not included in the price.	Boravišna pristojba nije uključena u cijenu.
You must pay the tourist tax at the reception.	Morate platiti boravišnu pristojbu na recepciji.
service	posluga
Room service is available all night.	Posluga u sobu je dostupna cijelu noć.
We called room service and ordered dinner.	Nazvali smo poslugu u sobu i naručili večeru.
extra	pomoćni
bed	ležaj
Can we get an extra bed for the child?	Možemo li dobiti pomoćni ležaj za dijete?
The guests asked for an extra bed.	Gosti su tražili pomoćni ležaj.
I want a room with an extra bed.	Želim sobu s pomoćnim ležajem.
to check out	odjaviti se
The guests checked out this morning.	Gosti su se odjavili jutros.
We will check out in an hour.	Odjavit ćemo se za sat vremena.
minibar	mini-bar
Is the water from the minibar free?	Je li voda iz mini-bara besplatna?
A room with a minibar is expensive.	Soba s mini-barom je skupa.
to be patient	strpjeti se
Please be patient, the room is not ready yet.	Strpite se, soba još nije spremna.
You have to be patient for a bit.	Moraš se malo strpjeti.

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