No. 357 in Croatian
onih
The Croatian word "onih" means "of those" or "of them" in English.
In a sentence
Trebamo izabrati jednu od onih boja.
We need to choose one of those colors.
In this sentence, 'onih' is the genitive plural of the pronoun 'onaj', used to refer to specific items that are not near the speaker or listener, in this case, 'boja' (colors).
Sećam se onih dana provedenih na plaži.
I remember those days spent on the beach.
Here, 'onih' modifies 'dana' in its genitive plural form, evoking nostalgia for specific past days.
Svi pričaju o onih nekoliko grešaka koje su napravljene.
Everyone talks about those few mistakes that were made.
'Onih' is used in genitive plural to describe 'grešaka', indicating a specific subset of mistakes under discussion.
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