No. 276 in Croatian
djeca
Children.
In a sentence
Djeca se igraju u parku.
The children are playing in the park.
In this sentence, 'djeca' is used as the subject in the nominative plural form to denote the group of children performing the action.
Roditelji paze na djecu tijekom igre.
The parents are watching over the children during playtime.
Here, 'djecu' is the accusative plural form of 'djeca', indicating the object of the verb 'paze'.
Pričamo o djeci i njihovim potrebama.
We are talking about the children and their needs.
In this case, 'djeci' is the locative plural form, used after the preposition 'o' to indicate the topic of discussion.
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