No. 792 in Slovenian
italije
"Italije" is the genitive singular form of "Italija," meaning "of Italy" in English.
In a sentence
Italijan je pripeljal knjigo iz Italije.
The Italian brought a book from Italy.
Here, 'Italije' is in its genitive case to indicate origin or association with a location, 'Italy'.
Iz Italije smo prejeli razglednico.
We received a postcard from Italy.
In this example, 'Italije' is used to specify the source location or sender origin, 'Italy'.
Naša družina je izvirala iz Italije.
Our family originated from Italy.
Here, 'Italije' again takes the genitive form to indicate the origin of the noun 'family', pointing to 'Italy'.
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