No I meant Slovak, a slavic language. I am just guessing that Croatian, a slavic language, might have some of the same grammer rules. Or do nouns in Croatian always keep the same ending no matter how they are used? Frank Kurchina wrote: > "John J. Kubla" wrote: > > > > In the one of my Slovak Language lessons, it says, an animate masculine plural > > personal noun, when used a direct object the ending will be changed to ov. > > > > Possibly, Putrih or Putric could be changed to Putrihov depending on how it is > > used in a sentence. > > > > I took a few lessons a few years ago and I am not good at Slovak Grammar. I am > > not good at English grammar. > > > > John J. Kubla > > > > Bursic(k), Vinski from Maletic and Mlacak(Mashak) from Sveticko Hrasce, > > Croatia > > Are you sure your mean Slovak ? > > Slovak is similar to Czech and the official language of Slovakia. > Spoken by 5.6 million people. > > Ako sa maté ? (How are you ?) > Rozumiem. (I understand ) > > Slovenian is similar to Croatian and the official language of > the Republic of Slovenia , formerly part of Yugoslavia. > Total about 2.2 million speakers (2 million are in Slovenia) > > Kako ste ? (How are you ?) > Razumen. (I understand ) > > In 1983 there were 80,000 Slovaks living in former Yugoslavia. > > Some who seek Slovenija (Slovenia) think it is the the same > country as Slovakia (Slovensko) > > Slovenia was a part of former Yugoslavia in Eastern Europe. > > Slovakia was a part of former Czechoslovakia in Central Europe. > > If you write to Slovenia and don't use Slovenija, the letter > probably gets mailed to Slovakia. If you use Slovensko for Slovakia > the letter probably ends up in Slovenia ? > U.S. Postal Service only recognizes these 2 countries under "Slovenia" > and "Slovak Republic". > > The word 'putrihov' does appear in the Slovenian language but not as a > surname. > > > Frank Kurchina wrote: > > > > > Ashley Tiwara wrote: > > > > > > > > Frank, or anyone who might know the name, > > > > My cousin thinks I speak Croatian which I don't. Could someone > > > > respond to her question to me, and I will forward it to her? See below: > > > > > > > > I may have asked you this before, but will again since I can't > > > > remember. Do you know if "Putrihov" is a different spelling of Putrich, > > > > > > > > as is Putrih, and Putric? Elaine > > > > > > > > Her husband's family is also from northern Croatia, which is how we > > > > connect. Thanks for your help, > > > > Ashley > > > > > > Am not sure whether this is a language or a surname question ? > > > > > > The 3 surnames spelled Putric' and Putrich and Putrih appear in Croatia. > > > Normally Croatian surnames end in the diacritic letter c' = ch. > > > > > > Putrihov I don't know ? > > > > > > Many immigrants changed their names after arrival in the U.S.