Questions & Answers about Hoću dva odgovora.
Why does the word for answer end in -a (odgovora)? Shouldn't it be plural?
This is a special rule for numbers in Croatian! After the numbers 2, 3, and 4, you don't use the regular plural. Instead, the noun takes the genitive singular form. For the masculine noun odgovor, that means adding an -a to the end, making it odgovora.
Does dva change depending on the word that comes after it?
Yes, it does. You use dva for masculine nouns (like odgovor) and neuter nouns. If you were talking about a feminine noun, you would use dvije instead.
I learned that hoću or ću is used for the future tense. Does this sentence mean "I will"?
No, here it means "I want". The verb htjeti means "to want". While its short forms (like ću) are used as helper words to create the future tense ("I will"), the full form hoću used as a main verb simply means "I want".
Why is it just Hoću instead of Ja hoću?
In Croatian, the verb itself tells you who is doing the action. Since hoću can only mean "I want", adding ja (I) is unnecessary unless you really want to emphasize that you are the one who wants it, as opposed to someone else.
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