Days of the week in Croatian

One of the first things to learn in Croatian are the names of the days of the week.

As with most languages, the name of each day in Croatian has a meaning still clearly connected to the etymology of the word.

ponedjeljak – Monday
Meaning: “the day which follows nedjelja“

utorak – Tuesday
Source: from an old Slavic word which meant “second”

srijeda – Wednesday
Meaning: “the middle day”

četvrtak – Thursday
Meaning: “the fourth day“ ( četiri – four)

petak – Friday
Meaning: “the fifth day“ ( pet – five)

subota – Saturday
Source: from the word “Shabbat”.

nedjelja – Sunday
Meaning: “day with no work”

Talking about the days of the week in Croatian

Talking about a specific day

To talk about doing something on a specific day of the week, the preposition u is used with the accusative case, for example:

Vidimo se u subotu. – I’ll see you on Saturday.

Igram tenis u utorak. – I’m playing tennis on Tuesday.

Idem na posao u četvrtak. – I’m going to work on Thursday.

Talking about recurring events

When talking about reoccurring events which occur on the same day each week, the instrumental case is used, for example:

Subotom idemo u kino. – We go to the cinema on Saturdays.

Utorkom igram tenis. – I play tennis on Tuesdays.

Četvrtkom radim. – I work on Thursdays.

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