No. 59 in Croatian
hrvatska
"Croatia" (a country in Europe).
In a sentence
Volim Hrvatsku zbog njezine prekrasne obale.
I love Croatia for its beautiful coastline.
Here, 'Hrvatsku' is used as the direct object of the verb 'volim', in the accusative case, referring to the country.
Hrvatska je poznata po Dubrovniku i plavom Jadranu.
Croatia is known for Dubrovnik and the blue Adriatic.
In this sentence, 'Hrvatska' is in the nominative case as the subject of the sentence, representing the country.
Studiram hrvatski jezik jer me zanima njegova povijest.
I study the Croatian language because its history interests me.
Here, 'hrvatski' is an adjective derived from 'Hrvatska', modifying 'jezik' and describing the type of language studied.
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