Koji is declined like an adjective. It takes the gender and number of the noun it refers to, but its case depends on its role inside the relative clause.
| case | example | translation |
|---|---|---|
| N | Čovjek koji radi ovdje… | The man who works here… |
| A | Čovjek kojeg / koga vidim… | The man (whom) I see… |
| D | Žena kojoj sam dao knjigu… | The woman I gave the book to… |
| I | Kolege s kojima radim… | The colleagues I work with… |
| L | Grad u kojem živim… | The town where I live… |
| A f. | Knjiga koju čitam… | The book I'm reading… (knjiga is feminine) |
Čiji (whose) agrees with the thing owned: Žena čiji je sin doktor… — The woman whose son is a doctor…
Što is invariable. It is used after sve, ono, to, nešto, ništa: Sve što znam… — Everything I know… Ono što kažeš… — What you say… In speech it sometimes replaces koji: čovjek što stoji tamo.
šta / što: the question “what?” is šta in Bosnian and Serbian, što in Croatian. Što also means “why” and “that / the fact that”: Što plačeš? — Why are you crying? Drago mi je što si došao. — I'm glad you came.
Ko / tko for “whoever, the one who”: Ko rano rani, dvije sreće grabi. — The early bird catches the worm.
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