No. 455 in Croatian

ovaj

"This"

In a sentence

Ovaj stol je vrlo čvrst.
This table is very sturdy.
Here, 'ovaj' is a demonstrative pronoun used to specify 'this' table.
Sviđa mi se ovaj film koji smo jučer gledali.
I like this movie that we watched yesterday.
In this case, 'ovaj' specifies 'this' movie among others as being of interest.
Zašto mi nisi rekao za ovaj problem ranije?
Why didn't you tell me about this problem earlier?
'Ovaj' here refers to 'this' problem, indicating a problem relevant to the current discussion.

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