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Croatian surnames for male and females -Is there a differnece?

00:07 Nov 29, 2005
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Social Sciences - Names (personal, company)
English term or phrase: Croatian surnames for male and females -Is there a differnece?
I am told by a translator that the surname for our client's borther must have an 'a' added to the end of the name to indicate that it is her borther.
Our client disagrees and it's causing us some drama.
Can anyone clarify this for me?

Thanks very much in advance!
Warm regards
Michelle
AADAKE
Aadake
Local time: 03:06


Summary of answers provided
4 +4.. in some cases
BUZOV


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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
croatian surnames for male and females -is there a differnece?
.. in some cases


Explanation:
... depending on a surname suffix and the case used (Nom. Gen. Dat --- 7 of them).
Also, there could be a missunderstanding caused by a 'traditional' and/or 'local' ways of surname(s) declention ...

Too long story ...
So, could you please state the surname(s) concerned ?

BUZOV
Croatia
Local time: 19:06
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing
11 mins
agree  Maida Berbic
47 mins
agree  pike: in any case, the surnames do not change based on the sex of a person the way they do in, say, Czech...
6 hrs
agree  Besmir (X): With Pike on this, but again, depending on a surname.
10 hrs
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