No. 875 in Croatian
policija
The Croatian word "policija" means "police" in English.
In a sentence
Policija je brzo stigla na mjesto nesreće.
The police quickly arrived at the accident scene.
The word 'policija' is used here as a subject representing the police force responding to an event.
Zvao je policiju kada je uočio sumnjivo ponašanje.
He called the police when he noticed suspicious behavior.
In this sentence, 'policiju' is in the accusative case, as it is the direct object of the verb 'called'.
Radim kao policijski službenik u lokalnoj policiji.
I work as a police officer in the local police department.
Here, 'policiji' is in the locative case, indicating the location where one works.
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