Lesson Six, Communicative Skills

• Requesting: Pozivam te/Vas na [noun phrase, Accusative]: Pozivam te/Vas na ručak 'I am inviting you for lunch'; Želiš li/Želite li [noun phrase]: Želiš li/Želite li sok 'Would you like some juice';
  Accepting: Sa zadovoljstvom! 'With pleasure', Rado! 'Gladly', Da, hvala 'Yes, thanks.'
  Declining: Ne, hvala 'No, thanks', Nažalost, ne mogu! 'Unfortunately, I cannot'.

• Issuing commands: [verb, Imperative] Zatvori vrata 'Cloose the door'; [verb, Imperative], molim te/Vas Zatvori vrata, molim te 'Cloose the door, please'.

• Asking about and indicating directions: Gd(j)e je [noun phrase]: Gd(j)e je pošta? 'Were is the post office?'; Idite [adverb]: Idite pravo/l(ij)evo, desno 'Go straight ahead/left/right'; [Number, ordinal] ulica [adverb]: Prva ulica lijevo/desno 'First street on the left/right'; Iza/ispred [noun, Genitive] ispred banke 'In front of the bank'.

• Expressing satisfaction and dissatisfaction: To mi se sviđa/dopada 'I like that'; Sviđa mi se [noun phrase, nominative]: Sviđa mi se ta haljina 'I like that dress'; To mi se ne sviđa/dopada 'I do not like that'; Ne sviđa mi se [noun phrase, nominative]: Ne sviđa mi se ta haljina 'I do not like that dress'.