No. 738 in Croatian
zadru
The Croatian word "zadru" is the dative or locative singular form of "zadruga," meaning "commune" or "cooperative" in English.
In a sentence
Posjetio sam knjižnicu u zadru ovog ljeta.
I visited the library in Zadar this summer.
In this sentence, 'zadru' refers to the city of Zadar in Croatia, in its locative case to indicate location.
Razgovarali smo o zadru poljoprivrednika u našoj regiji.
We talked about the cooperative of farmers in our region.
Here, 'zadru' represents 'cooperative', referring to an organized group, and it is in the dative case, indicating indirect object.
U zadru vremena, svi će shvatiti važnost zajedništva.
In the course of time, everyone will understand the importance of togetherness.
In this use, 'zadru' is part of a phrase indicating 'in the course of' metaphorically representing a duration or segment of time.
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