Relocating to a new home requires specific vocabulary. Let's look at how to describe packing, transporting, and unpacking your belongings.
Packing and Labeling
When planning a relocation (selidba), you will usually need plenty of cardboard (kartonski) boxes.
| The relocation will be easy because we have cardboard boxes. | Selidba će biti laka jer imamo kartonske kutije. |
To protect your fragile items, you can wrap them in protective foil (folija).
| We wrapped the fragile furniture with foil. | Zamotali smo krhak namještaj folijom. |
Once everything is packed, it is important to mark (označiti) your boxes. You can do this easily using a sticker (naljepnica).
| They marked each box with a red sticker. | Označili su svaku kutiju crvenom naljepnicom. |
Transporting Your Belongings
When the moving van arrives, the next step is to load (ukrcati) your furniture and boxes.
| The workers loaded the large furniture into the van. | Radnici su ukrcali veliki namještaj u kombi. |
After arriving at your new home, you will need to unload (iskrcati) everything and transfer (prenijeti) the items inside.
| We unloaded the boxes and transferred them into the apartment. | Iskrcali smo kutije i prenijeli ih u stan. |
Placing and Unpacking
Once everything is indoors, you can begin to place (smjestiti) furniture into specific rooms.
| We placed the bed into the new room. | Smjestili smo krevet u novu sobu. |
The final step in the process is to unpack (raspakirati) your clothes and everyday items to make the new place feel like home.
| As soon as we came into the apartment, we unpacked everything. | Čim smo došli u stan, sve smo raspakirali. |
