utakmice

In a sentence

• Jučer sam gledao utakmicu nogometa na televiziji.

  Yesterday, I watched a football match on television.

  Here, 'utakmicu' is in the accusative singular form of the noun 'utakmica', meaning 'match', as it is the direct object of the verb 'gledao' (watched).

• Školske utakmice su uvijek bile vrlo natjecateljske.

  School matches were always very competitive.

  In this sentence, 'utakmice' is in the nominative plural form of the noun 'utakmica', referring to more than one match, as it is the subject of the verb 'su bile' (were).

• Pričali smo o važnosti utakmica za timove.

  We talked about the importance of matches for teams.

  Here, 'utakmica' is in the genitive plural form of the noun 'utakmica', used to imply possession or relation, here denoting 'of matches'.