No. 189 in Croatian

svojoj

"Svojoj" means "to one's own" or "to her/his own" in the dative case.

In a sentence

Petra piše pismo svojoj prijateljici.
Petra is writing a letter to her friend.
Here, 'svojoj' is used as a dative form of the reflexive possessive pronoun, referring to something belonging to the subject Petra.
Ivan pomaže svojoj sestri s domaćom zadaćom.
Ivan is helping his sister with homework.
In this sentence, 'svojoj' is again in the dative form, as it describes the relation to the verb 'pomaže' and refers back to the subject Ivan.
Ana je dala poklon svojoj majci.
Ana gave a gift to her mother.
In this example, 'svojoj' modifies 'majci' and points out that the mother is related to the subject Ana, in the dative case indicating the indirect object.

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