No. 488 in Croatian
istom
"Istom" is the Croatian instrumental case of "isti," meaning "the same."
In a sentence
Prošla je pored mene istom ulicom.
She passed by me on the same street.
The word 'istom' is the instrumental singular form of 'isti' and describes the use of the same street.
Sastanak ćemo održati u istom uredu kao i prošli put.
We will hold the meeting in the same office as last time.
'Istom' is the locative singular form of 'isti', specifying the same office as previously mentioned.
To sam shvatila tek istom analizom problema.
I only understood it through the same analysis of the problem.
'Istom' here is the instrumental singular form of 'isti', referring to solving through the mentioned analysis.
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