kod + Genitive

At Someone's Place

Level 2

Kod can locate someone at a person’s home or workplace, or near an identified place. Its complement is genitive.

How It Works

Ana je kod liječnika. locates Ana at the doctor’s practice or with the doctor. The noun liječnik takes genitive liječnika. Kod prijatelja often means at a friend’s place.

Kod can also mean by or near a landmark: kod škole. The exact relation comes from the context; it does not always mean literally inside the place named.

With a pronoun, choose the full genitive form: kod mene or kod njih. For movement to a destination, learn the appropriate construction rather than assuming every English to is kod.

Examples (4)

  1. Ana je kod liječnika.

    Ana is at the doctor’s.

    Liječnika is genitive after kod.

  2. Danas sam kod kuće.

    I am at home today.

    Kod kuće is an established location expression.

  3. Čekam te kod škole.

    I am waiting for you by the school.

    Kod can identify a nearby landmark.

  4. Večeras smo kod njih.

    We are at their place this evening.

    Njih is the full genitive pronoun.

How It Connects

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kod + GenitiveLevel 2At Someone's Place

Learn This First

The governing word selects a genitive noun phrase, so identify the genitive form before expanding this construction.

Words in This Pattern

kod