Usages of biti
Ja sam Ana.
I am Ana.
Ti si Luka.
You are Luka.
On je Ivan.
He is Ivan.
Ona je Sara.
She is Sara.
Mi smo ovdje.
We are here.
Pas je ovdje.
The dog is here.
Vi ste tamo.
You are there.
Kava je tamo.
The coffee is there.
Oni su prijatelji.
They are friends.
Mi smo dobri prijatelji.
We are good friends.
Ovo je kuća.
This is a house.
Kuća je velika.
The house is big.
Kuća is feminine, therefore velik becomes velika.
Pas je dobar.
The dog is good.
Mačka je mala.
The cat is small.
Mačka is feminine, therefore mali becomes mala.
Voda je dobra.
The water is good.
dobar changes to dobra because voda is feminine.
Kava je topla.
The coffee is warm.
Je li voda hladna?
Is the water cold?
Voda nije hladna, voda je topla.
The water is not cold; the water is warm.
Grad je velik.
The city is big.
Ja sam u gradu.
I am in the city.
Je li pas dobar?
Is the dog good?
Pas nije mali.
The dog is not small.
Ivan je u gradu.
Ivan is in the city.
Gradu is the locative form of grad. The locative is used after the word u.
Ovo je voda.
This is water.
Ovo je moja knjiga.
This is my book.
Tvoja knjiga je nova.
Your book is new.
Njegova knjiga je stara.
His book is old.
Škola je velika i nova.
The school is big and new.
Gdje je škola?
Where is the school?
Gdje je moj auto?
Where is my car?
Auto je ispred kuće danas.
The car is in front of the house today.
Njihov auto je star, ali dobar.
Their car is old but good.
Stan je moj, ali auto je tvoj.
The apartment is mine, but the car is yours.
Večera je topla i spremna.
The dinner is warm and ready.
Je li njegova kava hladna?
Is his coffee cold?
Njena voda nije hladna; ona je topla.
Her water is not cold; it is warm.
Putujem u novi grad; autobus je ispred kuće.
I am traveling to a new city; the bus is in front of the house.
On je spreman.
He is ready.
Njen auto je ispred škole.
Her car is in front of the school.
Gdje je vaš auto?
Where is your car?
Ana je u školi.
Ana is at school.
Vi ste ovdje.
You are here.
Ti si u gradu.
You are in the city.
Oni su u kući.
They are in the house.
Vrijeme je lijepo danas.
The weather is nice today.
Kiša je hladna ujutro.
The rain is cold in the morning.
Igram nogomet jer je sport zabavan.
I play football because the sport is fun.
Trebam pomoć jer je posao težak.
I need help because the job is hard.
Sunce je lijepo iznad grada, ali kiša nam ponekad treba.
The sun is beautiful above the city, but we sometimes need rain.
Sport im je važan, jer kroz sport upoznaju nove prijatelje.
Sport is important to them because through sport they meet new friends.
On često radi kasno, ali njegov posao je gotov prije ponoći, jer mu je važan.
He often works late, but his work is finished before midnight because it is important to him.
Film je zabavan.
The movie is fun.
Moj posao je važan.
My job is important.
Hrvatski je težak.
Croatian is hard.
Grad je lijep.
The city is beautiful.
On je u gradu, a ona je u školi.
He is in the city, and she is at school.
Film je gotov.
The movie is finished.
Film mu je zabavan.
He finds the movie fun.
Kad je vrijeme lijepo, sjedimo u parku.
When the weather is nice, we sit in the park.
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