this (m/f/n) ovaj - ova - ovo tale /story /narrative (f) pripovijest this story ova pripovijest is je this(n) is ovo je This is a narrative Ovo je pripovijest. something nešto about /concerning (+locative) o about something (loc) o nečemu This is a narrative about something. Ovo je pripovijest o nečemu. This is a narrative about a book(loc fem.). Ovo je pripovijest o knjizi. This is a narrative about a magician.(loc. masc.) Ovo je pripovijest o čarobnjaku. This is a narrative about the nephew. (loc. m.) Ovo je pripovijest o nećaku. This is a narrative about the Magician's (loc m def) nephew (loc). (Magician's is considered as an adjective to nephew. Adjectives have both definite and indefinite forms) Ovo je pripovijest o čarobnjakovom nećaku. which /that /what (sg /pl) što - šta something which nešto što about something which o nečemu što to happen dogoditi se it happened dogodilo se which happened što se dogodilo about something which happened o nečemu što se dogodilo This is a narrative about something which happened. Ovo je pripovijest o nečemu što se dogodilo. long ago davno once upon a time jednom davno This is a narrative about something which happened long ago. Ovo je pripovijest o nečemu što se dogodilo davno. grandfather djed grandfathers djedovi your (of you all /pl.) vaš your (of you all/pl) "things" > m. pl vaši your grandfathers vaši djedovi they (m) were (su can never be the first word of a phrase, but comes as soon as possible) bili su your grandfathers were vaši djedovi su bili while /as long as (to describe two long actions occuring at the same time. The kids played while I slept. /expressing contrast. I wanted to go to the sea whereas she prefered the mountains) dok while your grandfathers were dok su vaši djedovi bili still /yet još while your grandfathers were still dok su vaši djedovi još bili children djeca while your grandfathers were still children dok su vaši djedovi još bili djeca. This is a narrative about something which happened long ago, while your grandfathers were still children. Ovo je pripovijest o nečemu što se dogodilo davno, dok su vaši djedovi još bili djeca.