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Croatian

When making plans with friends or family, you often want to be flexible and leave the choices up to them. In Croatian, you can express open possibilities—like "whoever," "whatever," or "wherever"—by simply adding the particle **god** to question words.

### Forming "Whoever" and "Whatever"

To say "whoever" or "whatever," take the interrogative pronouns **tko** (who) or **što** (what) and follow them with **god**. 

Note that **god** is always written as a completely separate word.

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If you want to tell someone they can choose freely, **što god** is the perfect phrase to use.

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### Forming "Wherever," "Whenever," and "However"

This exact same pattern applies to question adverbs. By adding **god**, you transform questions about time, place, and manner into open statements:

- **gdje** (where) + **god** = **gdje god** (wherever - static location)
- **kamo** (where to) + **god** = **kamo god** (wherever - moving to a destination)
- **kad** (when) + **god** = **kad god** (whenever)
- **kako** (how) + **god** = **kako god** (however)

Let's see how to offer a choice of location:

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Remember to use **kamo god** instead of *gdje god* when there is motion toward a destination involved:

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You can use the time and manner adverbs to show you are open to any schedule or method:

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### Making Flexible Plans

Being flexible (**prilagodljiv**) often involves agreeing (**složiti se**) with other people's preferences. You will see phrases with **god** used frequently when compromising or finalizing plans.

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For example, if you are planning a trip to a cottage (**vikendica**), these phrases make scheduling easy:

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Indefinite pronouns with 'god' (tko god, što god, gdje god)

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
whoever	tko god
Whoever wants to go can come.	Tko god želi ići, može doći.
whatever	što god
to agree (perfective)	složiti se
Whatever you decide, I will agree.	Što god odlučiš, ja ću se složiti.
wherever (location)	gdje god
We can sleep in the forest or wherever you want.	Možemo spavati u šumi ili gdje god želiš.
whenever	kad god
You can come whenever you have time.	Možeš doći kad god imaš vremena.
however	kako god
We always work however they want.	Uvijek radimo kako god oni žele.
wherever (direction, to)	kamo god
I will follow you wherever you head.	Ja ću te pratiti kamo god kreneš.
to choose	izabrati
You can choose whatever you want for dinner.	Možeš izabrati što god želiš za večeru.
flexible	prilagodljiv
My plan is very flexible, although I am not ready.	Moj plan je vrlo prilagodljiv, iako nisam spreman.
Whoever chooses this hotel will be happy.	Tko god izabere ovaj hotel, bit će sretan.
cottage	vikendica
Whenever we go to the village, we sleep in the cottage.	Kad god idemo u selo, spavamo u vikendici.
Wherever we travel, our cottage is the best place.	Kamo god putujemo, naša vikendica je najbolje mjesto.
I am flexible, so we will agree quickly.	Ja sam prilagodljiv, pa ćemo se brzo složiti.
I will agree, however they make the project.	Složit ću se, kako god oni naprave projekt.
That is something that I did not notice wherever I was.	To je nešto što nisam primijetio gdje god sam bio.

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