Word
Pišem tri rečenice.
Meaning
I am writing three sentences.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Pišem tri rečenice.
tri
three
pisati
to write / to say, be stated (in a text)
rečenica
sentence
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Questions & Answers about Pišem tri rečenice.
Why does this sentence use rečenice after tri?
This is because of a special rule for numbers! In Croatian, the numbers 2, 3, and 4 do not take the regular plural. Instead, they are followed by the genitive singular form of the noun. The genitive singular of the feminine noun rečenica (sentence) is rečenice.
Doesn't rečenice also just mean sentences in the regular plural?
Yes, it does! For feminine nouns ending in -a, the genitive singular and the nominative plural happen to look exactly the same (both end in -e). So even though it looks exactly like the regular plural, grammatically it is the genitive singular because it follows the number tri.
Where is the word for I in this sentence?
It is built into the verb. The verb pišem means I write or I am writing. In Croatian, you usually drop the pronoun ja (I) unless you want to emphasize that you are the one doing the action.
What is the dictionary form of the verb pišem?
The infinitive (the dictionary form) is pisati (to write). Notice how the s changes to an š when it is conjugated for I. This is a very common type of sound change in Croatian verbs.