No. 111 in Croatian

netko

"Netko" means "someone" or "somebody" in English.

In a sentence

Netko je ostavio vrata otvorena.
Someone left the door open.
The word 'netko' functions as an indefinite pronoun meaning 'someone' in this sentence, used as the subject of the action.
Trebali bismo pozvati netko iz susjedstva.
We should invite someone from the neighborhood.
Here, 'netko' is used as an indefinite pronoun denoting an unspecified individual, the object of the action intended by 'pozvati' (to invite).
Znaš li netko tko može pomoći?
Do you know someone who can help?
In this interrogative sentence, 'netko' represents an indefinite person that the question refers to, emphasizing the search for an individual fitting the description offered in the relative clause.

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