Office and business (tajnica, poslovni, rad)

Around the office

tajnica is a secretary — the -ica feminine you just learned: Tajnica zna sve o tvrtki. poslovni is the adjective business: poslovni partner, poslovni sastanak: Imam poslovni sastanak u devet.

Work as an idea

rad is work, labour as an activity — where posao is your job, rad is the working itself: Fizički rad je zdrav, ali težak. fizički is physical, manual: the classic pair is fizički rad and umni rad.

Scale and standing

međunarodni is international: Radi za međunarodnu tvrtku. prosječan is average: Prosječan radnik radi četrdeset sati tjedno.

Study and decisions

upisati is to enrol: upisati fakultet: Sin mi je upisao fakultet u Zagrebu. donijeti odluku is to make a decision — Croatian brings a decision: Šef je donio važnu odluku. ovisno o + locative is depending on: Radimo duže ili kraće, ovisno o poslu.

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