Questions & Answers about Banka je desno.
Why isn't there a word for "The" before Banka?
Croatian doesn't use articles like "the" or "a". Banka can mean "a bank" or "the bank" depending on the context. In this sentence, the translation shows us it means "the bank".
In English we say "on the right". Why is there no word for "on" here?
In Croatian, desno is a direction word (an adverb) that already means the entire phrase "on the right" or "to the right". You don't need to add a separate preposition to say "on".
Since Banka is a feminine word, does desno need to change its ending to match it?
Could I change the word order and say Desno je banka?
Yes, you can! Both Banka je desno and Desno je banka are perfectly correct. The little verb je (is) is a "clitic", which just means it prefers to stay in the second position of the sentence.
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