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Going to the post office requires specific vocabulary to navigate sending letters, handling packages, and dealing with clerks. Let's look at the essentials for preparing your mail.

### Mailboxes and Senders

To send a simple letter, you can drop it directly into a postal mailbox (*poštanski sandučić*). The person sending the mail is known as the sender (*pošiljatelj*).

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### Envelopes and Stamps

Before mailing your letter, it needs to be placed inside an envelope (*omotnica*). Depending on the destination, you will also need to attach one or more stamps (*markica*).

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### Weighing and Postage

If you are sending a larger envelope or a package, you will need to take it to the counter. The clerk will weigh (*izvagati*) your item on a scale (*vaga*) to calculate the correct postage (*poštarina*).

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### Customs and Registered Mail

When shipping items internationally, your package may need to clear customs (*carina*).

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If you are sending important documents and want to track their delivery, you should send them as a registered (*preporučen*) shipment. This often requires additional details, like a return address.

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Sending a Package

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
postal	poštanski
mailbox	sandučić
He puts the letter in the postal mailbox.	Stavlja pismo u poštanski sandučić.
sender	pošiljatelj
The sender changed his mind in front of the post office.	Pošiljatelj se predomislio ispred pošte.
envelope	omotnica
stamp	markica
This envelope needs a few stamps.	Za ovu omotnicu treba nekoliko markica.
to weigh	izvagati
postage	poštarina
I need to weigh the envelope and pay the postage.	Trebam izvagati omotnicu i platiti poštarinu.
scale	vaga
The clerk must weigh the package on the scale because of the postage.	Službenik mora izvagati paket na vagi zbog poštarine.
customs	carina
The scale next to customs is broken.	Vaga pored carine je pokvarena.
The clerk will weigh your cargo before customs.	Službenik će izvagati vaš teret prije carine.
registered	preporučen
I am sending this as a registered shipment.	Šaljem ovo kao preporučenu pošiljku.
For a registered letter we need the sender's address.	Za preporučeno pismo trebamo adresu pošiljatelja.
She saw a lot of packages in front of the post office.	Vidjela je puno paketa ispred pošte.
The postman was surprised by a lot of registered shipments.	Poštar se iznenadio zbog puno preporučenih pošiljaka.
The clerk was resting behind the counter.	Službenik se odmarao iza šaltera.
The sender remembered the address in front of the post office.	Pošiljatelj se sjetio adrese ispred pošte.
She needs a few stamps for the collection.	Treba joj nekoliko markica za kolekciju.
Our mailbox is empty.	Naš poštanski sandučić je prazan.
to arrive (imperfective)	stizati
The package arrives in three days.	Paket stiže za tri dana.
Letters arrive every morning.	Pisma stižu svako jutro.
to hand over, to hand in	predati
I handed in the package at the post office.	Paket sam predao na pošti.
I have to hand in this package by Friday.	Moram predati ovaj paket do petka.

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