Croatian demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns or pokazne zamjenice are pronouns used to demonstrate who and what is being referred to, for example 'this' and 'that'.

In Croatian language they respond to questions koji?, kakav?, kolik?

Types of demonstrative pronouns

There are five factors that influence demonstrative pronoun's type in Croatian language. They can change their form based on:

• questions (koji, kakav kolik?) 
• distance 
• gender 
• number 
• case 

Regarding the distance of the object from the subject there are three types of demonstrative pronouns based on the fact if:

• the object is near to the person who speaks
• the object is near to the second person who makes part of the conversation
• or the object is far from both speakers

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Chart of demonstrative pronouns 

In the tables below there are lists of pronouns in masculine and feminine gender based on gender, distance and questions they are responding to.

Masculine gender

Examples

• Ovaj auto je lijep. - This car is beautiful.
• Taj momak je vrijedan. - That boy is diligent.
• Onaj kauč je lijepši. - That sofa over there is more beautiful. 

Feminine gender

Examples

• Ova cura je lijepa. - This girl is beautiful.
• Ta kuća je daleko. - That house is far away.
• Ona žena govori istinu. -That woman over there speaks the truth.

Declension of demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns must be declined in all cases besides the vocative case. As an example is taken the pronoun "ovaj"

Singular

Plural

Remember for this type of pronouns it is always necessary to do declension in gender, number and case, and they also depend on the distance or asked question. Try our exercises to master this lesson!