Sutra imam pregled kod doktorice.

Croatian word order is fairly flexible, so Sutra is placed first to highlight the time: Tomorrow.

In English, Tomorrow I have a check-up... and I have a check-up tomorrow... are both possible. Croatian works similarly, but putting Sutra first is very natural when you want to set the time frame right away.

So:

• Sutra imam pregled kod doktorice. = Tomorrow I have an appointment/check-up with the doctor.
• Imam sutra pregled kod doktorice. is also possible, but the first version sounds more standard and neutral.

Yes, imam literally means I have, and Croatian often uses imati in the same way English does in expressions like:

• I have an appointment
• I have a meeting
• I have an exam

So imam pregled means something like:

• I have a check-up
• I have an examination
• I have an appointment

This is completely natural Croatian.

Pregled literally means examination or check-up.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• a medical examination
• a check-up
• sometimes, more loosely, an appointment for an examination

In this sentence, because of kod doktorice, it most naturally refers to a doctor’s appointment/check-up.

So the English meaning could be:

• Tomorrow I have a check-up with the doctor.
• Tomorrow I have a doctor’s appointment.

Kod is a very common preposition in Croatian. Its basic idea is at someone’s place, by someone, or with someone, depending on context.

Examples:

• kod prijatelja = at a friend’s place
• kod bake = at grandma’s place
• kod doktora / doktorice = at the doctor’s / with the doctor

In this sentence, kod doktorice means something like:

• at the female doctor’s
• with the female doctor

English usually translates this more naturally as with the doctor or at the doctor’s.

Because kod requires the genitive case, and doktorice is the genitive singular form of doktorica.

So:

• nominative: doktorica = female doctor
• genitive: doktorice

That is why the sentence says:

• kod doktorice

and not

• kod doktorica

This is one of the first things learners notice in Croatian: prepositions often force a noun into a different case.

Yes. Doktorica specifically means a female doctor.

So:

• kod doktorice = with / at the female doctor
• kod doktora = with / at the male doctor

In real translation, English often just says doctor, unless the gender matters. But the Croatian sentence clearly tells you the doctor is female.

Croatian often uses the present tense for scheduled or arranged future events, especially when there is a time word like sutra.

So Sutra imam pregled is perfectly natural and means:

• Tomorrow I have a check-up
• Tomorrow I’m having a check-up

English does something similar:

• Tomorrow I have a meeting.
• Tomorrow I’m seeing the doctor.

Croatian can also use the future tense, but here the present tense sounds very natural because it refers to a planned event.

Yes, grammatically you can, but it is usually less natural here.

Sutra imam pregled kod doktorice sounds more normal for a scheduled appointment.
Sutra ću imati pregled kod doktorice is understandable, but a bit heavier and less idiomatic in everyday speech.

For planned events with a clear time expression like sutra, Croatian often prefers the present tense.

Yes, absolutely. That is another very natural way to say it.

The difference is:

• Imam pregled = I have an appointment / check-up
• Idem na pregled = I’m going for a check-up

Both are correct, but they focus on slightly different things:

• imam pregled focuses on the scheduled appointment
• idem na pregled focuses on the action of going

Both are common in everyday Croatian.

Because Croatian has no articles.

English uses:

• a check-up
• the doctor

Croatian does not have words equivalent to a/an/the. The meaning is understood from context.

So:

• pregled can mean a check-up or the check-up, depending on context
• doktorice can mean the female doctor or just a female doctor, depending on context

This is very normal in Croatian.

No. Croatian also has liječnik for doctor/physician, and the feminine form is liječnica.

In everyday speech, people very often say:

• doktor
• doktorica

So this sentence sounds natural and conversational. In more formal or precise contexts, you may also hear liječnik/liječnica.

For example:

• Sutra imam pregled kod liječnice.
  This also means Tomorrow I have a check-up with the female doctor.

You would say:

• Sutra imam pregled kod doktora.

Here:

• doktor = male doctor
• doktora = genitive singular after kod

So the pattern is:

• kod doktorice = with the female doctor
• kod doktora = with the male doctor

Yes. That is one reason kod can be tricky for English speakers.

Kod doktorice can suggest:

• location: at the doctor’s
• person/appointment: with the doctor

In this sentence, both ideas fit naturally. You are going to the doctor’s place/office, and you also have an appointment with her. English usually chooses one wording, but Croatian comfortably leaves both senses available.