No. 402 in Slovenian
hiši
"Hiši" is the dative or locative singular form of "hiša," meaning "house."
In a sentence
Otroka igrata pred hiši.
The children are playing in front of the house.
The word 'hiši' is in the locative case, signifying 'in front of the house' as a location.
Pristopil je bližje k hiši.
He approached closer to the house.
Here, 'hiši' is in the dative case, indicating the direction of the approach toward the house.
Pogovarjali smo se o stari hiši.
We talked about the old house.
In this instance, 'hiši' is in the locative case, used with the preposition 'o' (about) to denote the topic of discussion.
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