Word
U onoj slastičarnici pokraj trga jedan slastičar pravi kolače s lješnjakom i tamnom čokoladom.
Meaning
In that pastry shop by the square, a pastry chef makes cakes with hazelnuts and dark chocolate.
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Breakdown of U onoj slastičarnici pokraj trga jedan slastičar pravi kolače s lješnjakom i tamnom čokoladom.
u
in
i
and
s
with
onaj
that
Questions & Answers about U onoj slastičarnici pokraj trga jedan slastičar pravi kolače s lješnjakom i tamnom čokoladom.
Why is it u onoj slastičarnici and not u ona slastičarnica?
Because u means in/at here and expresses a location, so Croatian uses the locative case.
- slastičarnica → slastičarnici
- ona → onoj
Both words change because they have to agree in case, gender, and number.
A useful contrast:
- u onoj slastičarnici = in/at that pastry shop → location
- u onu slastičarnicu = into that pastry shop → movement
Why is it onoj? What exactly does onoj mean here?
Onoj is the feminine singular locative form of onaj, which usually means that.
Here it points to a specific pastry shop, something like in that pastry shop. It sounds more definite than just u slastičarnici.
Compare:
- u slastičarnici = in a/the pastry shop, depending on context
- u onoj slastičarnici = in that pastry shop
What is the difference between slastičar and slastičarnica?