Breakdown of Zatvoreno je zbog stranog klijenta.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
zatvoren
closed
klijent
client
stran
foreign
zbog
because of
Questions & Answers about Zatvoreno je zbog stranog klijenta.
Why are the words stranog klijenta in the genitive case?
Because of the preposition zbog (because of). In Croatian, zbog always forces the following noun, and any adjectives attached to it, into the genitive case.
What is the base form of stranog, and why does it end in -og here?
The base adjective is strani (foreign). In the genitive singular, masculine adjectives take the ending -og. You might also see -eg in this lesson, but that is only for adjectives whose stem ends in a soft consonant (like č, š, ž, or j). Because n is a standard hard consonant, we use -og.
What is the base form of klijenta?
The nominative (dictionary) form is klijent. Because it ends in a consonant, it is a masculine noun. To make it genitive singular, we simply add -a to the end, giving us klijenta.
Why does the sentence use Zatvoreno instead of Zatvoren or Zatvorena?
Zatvoreno means closed. Since the sentence starts with a general 'It is...' and doesn't refer back to a specific masculine or feminine noun, Croatian defaults to the neuter singular ending -o.
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