Croatian 7: verbs w/ obligatory objects

Brijati (brije)

Shave

Buditi

Waken

Prati (pere)

Wash

Svlačiti

Take off (clothes)

Vraćati

Return

Se

Particle!! (Self)

Lice

Face

Ana pere majicu

Ana is washing a shirt

Ana pere lice

Ana is washing her face (it’s implied it’s her face, who’s face would she wash??)

Ana se pere

And is washing herself

Brijem se

I’m shaving

Me brijem se

I’m not shaving

Skoro nikad se ne brijem

I almost never shave

Oblačiti

Put on (clothes)

Ana oblači majicu

Ana is putting a shirt on

Ana oblači Gorana

Ana is dressing Goran

Ana se oblači

Ana is dressing

Ana budi Gorana

Ana is waking Goran up

Ana se budi

Ana is waking up

Ana vraća knjigu

Ana is returning a book

Ana se vraća

Ana is coming back

Zabavljati

Entertain

Zvati (zove)

Call

Ana zabavlja Gorana

Ana is entertaining Goran

Zovem Ivana

I am calling Ivan

zovem se Goran

I call myself Goran

Ana se zabavlja

Ana is having fun

On se zove Goran

His name is Goran

Goran otvara prozor

Goran opens the window

Prozor se otvara

The window opens

Juha se kuha, meso se peče

The soup is cooking, the meat is roasting.

se

The reflexive! Added to verbs for doing something to itself. Sometimes the words change meaning too.

igrati

To play

Košarka

Basketball

Šah

Chess

tenis

Tennis

Nogomet

Football (soccer)

Ana igra šah

Ana plays chess

Goran se igra

Goran is playing

Svirati

To play (an instrument)

nadati

To hope (used with se often)

Simijati

laugh (often used with se)

Grijati (grije)

Warm

hladiti

Cool