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When solving an escape room, you will need to search for clues, check every lock, and look for a combination (**kombinacija**) to a safe (**sef**).

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### Splitting "i-" pronouns with prepositions

In Croatian, indefinite pronouns like **itko** (anyone) and **išta** (anything) start with the prefix **i-**. When these pronouns are used with a preposition (such as **u**, **o**, or **s**), something unusual happens: the preposition steps *inside* the word.

Instead of placing the preposition before the whole pronoun, you split the prefix from the pronoun core and insert the preposition in the middle: **i** + **preposition** + **pronoun**.

For example, to ask if something is "in anything", you combine **i-**, the preposition **u**, and the locative form of the pronoun (**čemu**). This creates the phrase **i u čemu**.

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This rule applies to all prepositions used with these indefinite pronouns. If a mechanism depends on something, you use the preposition **o** (about/on). "On anything" splits to become **i o čemu**.

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Similarly, if a chain (**lanac**) is connected "with anything", the preposition **s** splits the pronoun *išta* (which becomes *čim* in the instrumental case). The result is **i s čim**.

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### Splitting "anyone"

The exact same rule applies to people. When you want to say "with anyone", the preposition **s** splits the pronoun **itko** (anyone). 

The instrumental form of *tko* (who) is *kim*. Wrap the **i-** prefix and the base pronoun around the preposition to get **i s kim**.

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Splitting indefinite pronouns (i s kim, i u čemu)

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
combination	kombinacija
safe	sef
riddle	zagonetka
Is the combination for the safe in the riddle?	Je li kombinacija za sef u zagonetki?
Is the combination hidden in anything?	Je li kombinacija skrivena i u čemu?
lock	brava
chest	škrinja
Did you open the lock on the chest?	Jesi li otvorio bravu na škrinji?
lever	poluga
I will not put the lever in the chest.	Neću staviti polugu u škrinju.
Did you find the lever in anything?	Jesi li našao polugu i u čemu?
to turn (around, rotate)	okrenuti
mechanism	mehanizam
Did you turn the mechanism?	Jesi li okrenuo mehanizam?
Someone turned the key in the lock.	Netko je okrenuo ključ u bravi.
Does this mechanism depend on anything?	Ovisi li ovaj mehanizam i o čemu?
chain	lanac
Did anyone pull the chain?	Je li itko povukao lanac?
Is the chain connected to anything?	Je li lanac povezan i s čim?
code	šifra
I will not try the code on the safe without you.	Neću probati šifru na sefu bez tebe.
Did you share the code with anyone?	Jesi li podijelio šifru i s kim?
Are you talking about the riddle with anyone?	Razgovaraš li o zagonetki i s kim?