The apartment building (kat, lift, prizemlje)

Finding your way in the building

Croatian buildings count floors from the ground up: prizemlje is the ground floor, and kat is a storey above it — na prvom katu is one floor up. lift is the elevator and zahod the toilet.

I live on the third floor.
Stanujem na trećem katu.

Living somewhere

stanovati is to reside — the verb behind stan: Stanujem u malom stanu. To rent that stan, use iznajmiti: Želim iznajmiti stan u centru.

In the kitchen

hladnjak is the fridge — hladan (cold) is hiding inside the word.

The set

wordmeaning
prizemljeground floor
katfloor, storey
liftlift, elevator
zahodtoilet
hladnjakfridge

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