When talking about routines or events tied to a season, English uses phrases like "in the summer" or "during the winter." Croatian expresses these using single-word temporal adverbs.
Summer and Winter
To say "in the summer" or "in the winter," use the adverbs ljeti and zimi.
| In the summer we swim in the sea. | Ljeti se kupamo u moru. |
| In the summer we walk with friends in the park. | Ljeti šetamo s prijateljima u parku. |
| In the winter it often snows. | Zimi često pada snijeg. |
| In the winter we go pick up the children at school. | Zimi idemo po djecu u školu. |
Autumn and Spring
To say "in the autumn" or "in the spring," use the adverbs ujesen and uproljeće. You will also often hear the two-word phrases na jesen and na proljeće, which mean exactly the same thing.
| In the autumn everything is yellow and brown. | Ujesen je sve žuto i smeđe. |
| School starts in the autumn, in September. | Škola počinje ujesen, u rujnu. |
| In the spring everything is green again. | Uproljeće je sve opet zeleno. |
| In the spring we like to go on trips with colleagues. | Uproljeće volimo ići na izlete s kolegama. |
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