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### Navigating the Catalog

The librarian (*knjižničar*) can point you toward the catalog (*katalog*).

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### Discovering Genres

Libraries are organized by genre (*žanr*), separating general fiction (*beletristika*) from specific categories.

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### In the Reading Room

You can leaf through (*prelistati*) books in the reading room (*čitaonica*) before checking them out.

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### Borrowing and Deadlines

Once you have made your selection, it is time for borrowing (*posudba*).

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Keep a close eye on your due dates so they don't expire (*isteći*).

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### Late Fees

If you forget to return your books on time, you will have to pay a late fee (*zakasnina*).

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In the Library

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
librarian	knjižničar
catalog	katalog
The librarian showed me the new catalog.	Knjižničar mi je pokazao novi katalog.
genre	žanr
thriller	triler
I read many different genres, but I like thrillers.	Čitam puno različitih žanrova, ali volim trilere.
to leaf through	prelistati
This thriller looks as if someone already leafed through it.	Ovaj triler izgleda kao da ga je netko već prelistao.
reading room	čitaonica
I just leafed through the catalog in the reading room.	Upravo sam prelistao katalog u čitaonici.
The reading room is closed because the librarian is sick.	Čitaonica je zatvorena jer je knjižničar bolestan.
fiction	beletristika
Where is the fiction, and where are the thrillers?	Gdje je beletristika, a gdje su trileri?
borrowing	posudba
Since the borrowing is free, I took a few novels.	Budući da je posudba besplatna, uzeo sam nekoliko romana.
to expire	isteći
The deadline for borrowing has expired.	Rok za posudbu je istekao.
late fee	zakasnina
I have to pay the late fee because the deadline expired yesterday.	Moram platiti zakasninu jer je rok istekao jučer.
The librarian told me that the late fee is large.	Knjižničar mi je rekao da je zakasnina velika.
Fiction is his favorite genre.	Beletristika mu je omiljeni žanr.