No. 172 in Croatian
grada
"Grada" is the genitive singular form of "grad," meaning "city" or "town" in English.
In a sentence
Vidjeli smo ljepote starog grada.
We saw the beauties of the old town.
In this sentence, 'grada' denotes the genitive case of the noun 'grad' (town) and is used to indicate possession or characteristics of the town.
Dolazim iz grada svaki dan.
I come from the town every day.
Here, 'grada' is also in the genitive case of 'grad,' indicating origin or source as someone is coming from the town.
Stanovnici grada su bili zadovoljni.
The residents of the town were satisfied.
In this example, 'grada' is used in the genitive case to describe the residents belonging to the town, indicating association.
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