No. 167 in Croatian
hrvatsku
"Croatia" (accusative case).
In a sentence
Volim Hrvatsku jer ima lijepu obalu.
I love Croatia because it has a beautiful coastline.
In this sentence, 'Hrvatsku' is the accusative case of 'Hrvatska' and is used as a direct object to indicate the country that is being loved.
Istražujem hrvatsku povijest u slobodno vrijeme.
I research Croatian history in my free time.
Here, 'hrvatsku' modifies the noun 'povijest' and agrees in case, gender, and number, functioning as an adjective meaning 'Croatian.'
Posjetili smo Hrvatsku prošlog ljeta.
We visited Croatia last summer.
In this example, 'Hrvatsku' is again in the accusative case, marking it as the direct object of the verb 'posjetiti.'
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