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So, you want to be a real Croat, eh? Or at least, seem to be ..... Ovako: Like this, do it like this, (in) this way. Here's an example of how ovako is used, for context: Nevenka: Ivane, koji je najbolji put do glavnog kolodvora? [Ivan, which is the best way to the main station?] Ivan: Ovako .... Idi ravno Jurišićevom sve dok ne dođeš do Praške, pa onda skreni lijevo. [It's like this ... Go straight along Jurišićeva ulica until you come to Praška, and then turn left.] Or, perhaps ......  Goran: Ivane, vidi kako to pokušavam raditi. [Ivan, see how I am trying to do it.] Ivan: Ma ne tako, Gorane. Ovako ... . [Not like that, Goran. Like this ...] But ovako is used more widely than to just indicate how something is done: for example, to indicate what you are thinking, to mean something like "it goes like this": Imam pitanje za tebe. Ovako ...... Zašto izlazi sunce svako jutro? or ..... Marija: Stjepan, moram ti reći nešto. Ovako, ...... Just throw in "ovako" whenever you stop for a breath, and you will seem like the real thing! Click here to go to Aha! Croatian: A ROAD MAP So you are thinking of learning Croatian? Do what I did .... 
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