This is the 675th most frequent Slovenian word.
kraju
The Slovenian word "kraju" is the dative or locative singular form of "kraj," meaning "place" or "location" in English.
Here, 'kraju' is a grammatical form of 'kraj', which means 'place'. It is in the locative case, used to indicate the location or setting where something happens.
Na koncu je našel pravi kraj za piknik.
In the end, he found the right place for the picnic.
In this sentence, 'kraju' illustrates the locative case, referring to a specific nearby place where the event occurred.
V bližnjem kraju je potekal festival.
A festival took place in a nearby place.
'Kraju' here represents 'kraj' in a specific grammatical context, displaying its function as the object of the preposition 'iz' with locative meaning.