No. 881 in Croatian
bolnicu
The Croatian word "bolnicu" means "hospital" in English.
In a sentence
Moram posjetiti bolnicu zbog pregleda.
I need to visit the hospital for a check-up.
Here, 'bolnicu' is in the accusative case, functioning as the direct object of the verb 'posjetiti' (to visit).
Vidjela sam bolnicu s prozora autobusa.
I saw the hospital from the bus window.
In this sentence, 'bolnicu' again takes the accusative case, as it is the direct object of 'vidjela' (saw).
Parkirali smo se blizu bolnice.
We parked near the hospital.
For this usage, 'bolnice' changes to the genitive case as it follows the preposition 'blizu' (near).
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