No. 482 in Croatian
bolesnika
The Croatian word "bolesnika" means "patient" or "sick person" in English.
In a sentence
Liječnik je pregledao bolesnika.
The doctor examined the patient.
Here, 'bolesnika' is used in the accusative case as the direct object of the verb 'pregledao' (examined).
Posjetili smo bolesnika u bolnici.
We visited the patient in the hospital.
In this sentence, 'bolesnika' is again in the accusative case, as the direct object of the verb 'posjetili' (visited).
Lijekovi su dani bolesniku.
The medicine was given to the patient.
Here, 'bolesniku' is used in the dative case, indicating the indirect object to whom the medicine was given.
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