Units 3 and 4 (from 2025): Extended Communication and Text
Where this domain sits
Units 3 and 4 assume the Units 1–2 base and extend it into longer texts, more case control, subordinate clauses, and the ability to produce structured writing (formal letter, email, short article, narrative) and to respond to spoken or written prompts about topics such as travel, health, environment, media, culture and future plans.
Concepts you must understand
- Full case system in context. Instrumental for means and accompaniment (s prijateljem, autobusom), locative after u/na for place, dative for recipients and indirect objects, vocative in address.
- Clause linking. jer, zato što, iako, dok, kada, ako plus correct mood and tense. Know when da introduces a complement clause (Želim da dođeš).
- Conditional and future. biH, bi, bi… for conditional; future I from htjeti clitics (ću, ćeš, će) plus infinitive or da + present.
- Register and text type. Formal Vi address, formulaic openings and closings, cohesive devices (međutim, osim toga, dakle).
- Vocabulary breadth across the prescribed themes, including collocations.
Traps that appear in questions
- Clitic placement: ću, sam, bih, mi, ti, ga, je sit in second position (Jučer sam ga vidio), not at the start.
- Confusing locative and accusative after prepositions of place: u školi (in school) vs u školu (into school).
- Using iako where ako is meant, or vice versa.
- Mixing formal and informal address inside one letter.
- Answering a comprehension item with a plausible but unsupported detail.
Worked example
Prompt: complete - Ako ___ (imati) vremena, doći ću. Rule of thumb: ako takes the present, never the future. → Ako imam vremena, doći ću. The future sits in the main clause only.