No. 855 in Croatian

sretan

Happy.

In a sentence

Sretan rođendan!
Happy birthday!
Here, 'sretan' functions as an adjective expressing a wish of happiness for someone's birthday.
Osjećam se sretno danas.
I feel happy today.
In this sentence, 'sretan' is used in its adverbial form 'sretno' to express a state of happiness.
Bio je sretan što je položio ispit.
He was happy that he passed the exam.
Here, 'sretan' describes the subject's feeling of joy in reaction to an event.

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