No. 381 in Croatian
novom
"Novom" is the dative/instrumental singular form of "nov," meaning "new" in English.
In a sentence
Hodali smo starim ulicama, ali smo stigli novom stazom.
We walked through the old streets but arrived via a new path.
'novom' is used here as an adjective agreeing with 'stazom' in the instrumental case, describing it as the newer of potential paths.
Sve je blještalo pod novom rasvjetom.
Everything shimmered under the new lighting.
'novom' serves as an adjective matching 'rasvjetom,' in the instrumental case, specifying it as the recent or updated lighting.
Preselili smo u novu zgradu s novom adresom.
We moved to a new building with a new address.
'novom' functions as an adjective agreeing with 'adresom' in the instrumental case, indicating the updated address matching the new context.
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