No. 821 in Slovak
rodine
"Rodine" is the dative form of "rodina," meaning "family" in English.
In a sentence
V našej rodine je veľa zvykov.
There are many traditions in our family.
The word 'rodine' is used in the locative case, indicating the location or context related to 'family.'
Kúpila som darček pre rodine.
I bought a gift for the family.
The word 'rodine' here is in the dative case, showing the indirect object (to whom the gift is intended).
Rozprávali sme sa s rodine o dovolenke.
We talked with the family about the vacation.
'Rodine' is in the dative case again, used here to indicate the entity with whom the action of talking occurred.
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