Mladen Marinac

Department of Agriculture
Polytechnic of Rijeka
Why bother?
 Word Classes

Match a word class with its appropriate translation:

• PRONOUN ___ PRIDJEV

• VERB ___IMENICA
• ARTICLE ___PRIJEDLOG
• ADJECTIVE ___PRILOG
• NOUN ___GLAGOL
• PREPOSITION ___ČLAN
• ADVERB ___ZAMJENICA
 PREPOSITIONS

PLACE and POSITION

TIME
DIRECTION and MOTION
What type of prepositions are
these?
 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE and POSITION

AT – at home
at work
at dinner
at a big hotel
at the university
at Viškovo (smaller places)
at the airport

How would you translate the above-mentioned prepositions in

Croatian?

- in Croatian: kod, na, za, u, …….

 Match the prepositions (OFF/ IN/ ON /ACROSS) with the examples

below:
1) _______ the house
_______ the USA (countries)
_______ London (towns, bigger places)

2) ______ the table

There is a label _______ the bottle.
You’ll find details _______ page seven.

3) She fell ________ the wall.

The school is ______ the main street.

4) She lives _______ the street.

Anyone from the houses _______ the road could see him.
The footbridge swayed when I ran ______.
 Answer key:

1) IN
________the house
_______ the USA (countries)
_______ London (towns, bigger places)

2) ON
____________the table
There is a label _______ the bottle.
You’ll find details _______ page seven.

3) OFF
She fell ________ the wall.
The school is ______ the main street.

4) ACROSS
She lives _______ the street.
Anyone from the houses _______ the road could see him.
The footbridge swayed when I ran ______.
AROUND - The knights were sitting around the round table.

- The doctor put the bandage around her arm.

BETWEEN - X is sitting between Y and Z.

AMONG - I couldn’t see her among all those people.

BETWEEN vs AMONG

- use AMONG when talking about 3 or more people or things. For 2

people or things, use BETWEEN.
OVER = ABOVE - The kite was above us in the sky.

UNDER /UNDERNEATH (directly below something, and sometimes

touching or covered by it)
- What’s under(neath) your desk?
- under the law
- under normal circumstances
- under pressure
- under control

BELOW (lower or less than something)

- The temperature is below zero.
IN FRONT OF - In front of the house there is a garden.

NEAR - The house is near the road.

BEHIND - The bicycle is behind the car.

ALONG - We walked along the road.

The trees are planted along the street.

AGAINST - Don’t lean against the fence!

The bookcase is against the wall.
 PREPOSITIONS OF DIRECTION AND
MOTION

TO FROM

He always walks to school from his house.

Opatija is about 15 kilometres from Rijeka.

 INTO OUT OF

He ran into the house quickly.

After a few minutes he ran out of the house with an umbrella

under his arm.
 TOWARD(S) AWAY FROM

The Pilgrims sailed toward(s) the New World.

They moved away from their old neighbourhood.

PREPOSITIONS – exercises
1) Insert the missing preposition
(in some sentences more than one option is possible):

a) They arrived ________ the United States last year.

b) He put a piece of cheese ________ two pieces of bread.

c) Please, put your books here ________ the table.

d) They are ________ Rome now. I believe they are staying ________ the
Laguna Hotel.

e) He got ________ his car and drove ________ the street.

f) It would not be safe to let the lion ________ of his cage.

g) Jane was not ________ class yesterday. I think she was sick.

h) Please, stand ________ . Come ________ me, so I can see you.

i) The boys left their bikes leaning ________ the wall.

 Translate into English:
1) Pas je stajao ispred kuce i lajao na sve ljude.
2) Sjedila je pokraj mene.
3) Biljke su rasle duž ulice.
4) Naći ćeš novine iza vratiju.
5) Banka se nalazi između hotela i bolnice.
6) Stavi novine na policu ispod knjiga.