Putnik ide autobusom u grad.

to go

Breakdown of Putnik ide autobusom u grad.

• u: to
• grad: city
• autobus: bus

Questions & Answers about Putnik ide autobusom u grad.

Why is there no a or the before putnik and grad?

Croatian has no articles at all, so it doesn’t use words like a/an or the.
The bare nouns putnik and grad can mean:

• putnik → a passenger / the passenger / a traveler / the traveler
• grad → a city / the city / (the) town

Whether you translate with a or the in English depends only on context, not on anything in the Croatian form.

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What grammatical form is autobusom, and why does it mean by bus?

Autobusom is the instrumental singular of autobus (bus).

• Nominative: autobus – a bus / the bus
• Instrumental: autobusom – with a bus / by bus

Croatian uses the instrumental case to show means or instrument, including means of transport.
So:

• ići autobusom = to go by bus
• ići vlakom = to go by train
• ići avionom = to go by plane

The ending -om on autobusom signals that instrumental meaning.

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