bolnicu

This is the 881st most frequent Croatian word.


bolnicu

The Croatian word "bolnicu" means "hospital" in English.


In this sentence, 'bolnicu' again takes the accusative case, as it is the direct object of 'vidjela' (saw).

Vidjela sam bolnicu s prozora autobusa.

I saw the hospital from the bus window.


Here, 'bolnicu' is in the accusative case, functioning as the direct object of the verb 'posjetiti' (to visit).

Moram posjetiti bolnicu zbog pregleda.

I need to visit the hospital for a check-up.


For this usage, 'bolnice' changes to the genitive case as it follows the preposition 'blizu' (near).

Parkirali smo se blizu bolnice.

We parked near the hospital.