Breakdown of Ured direktora je velik.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
velik
big
ured
office
direktor
director, manager (of a company)
Questions & Answers about Ured direktora je velik.
Why does direktor end in -a here?
Because it is in the genitive case, which is used to show possession (like the English apostrophe-s). To make a masculine noun like direktor genitive, you just add -a to the end, giving you direktora (of the director).
Why is the word order ured direktora instead of direktora ured?
When using the genitive case for possession, the thing being owned (ured) usually comes first, followed by the owner (direktora). It translates literally as "the office of the director".
Does the word velik describe the office or the director?
It describes the office (ured), which is the main subject of the sentence. Because ured is a masculine noun, the adjective velik is also in its basic masculine form.
Why isn't there a word for "the" before the office or the director?
Croatian does not use articles like "a", "an", or "the". You determine if it means "a director" or "the director" purely based on context!
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