zagreb

zagreb

"Zagreb" is the capital city of Croatia.

Here, 'Zagreb' is used as the proper noun name of a city.

Zagreb je glavni grad Hrvatske.

Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia.

In this sentence, 'Zagreb' is a proper noun representing a geographical location known for tourism.

Tijekom ljeta posjetili smo Zagreb na dva dana.

During summer, we visited Zagreb for two days.

Here, 'zagrebe' is the third-person singular present form of the verb 'zagrebsti', meaning 'to scratch' in Croatian. This distinction highlights its different grammatical usage unrelated to the city name.

On često zagrebe površinu stola dok se igra olovkom.

He often scratches the surface of the table while playing with his pencil.