Word
Klima na obali je toplija.
Meaning
The climate on the coast is warmer.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Klima na obali je toplija.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
topao
warm
na
on, at / to, onto (with motion) / about (thinking about)
klima
climate
Questions & Answers about Klima na obali je toplija.
How is the comparative toplija formed from the regular adjective for warm?
The basic word for warm is topao. To make it comparative, we first find the stem by dropping the ending from the feminine form (topla), which gives us the stem topl-. Then, we add the comparative suffix. Since it describes the feminine noun klima, we use the feminine suffix -ija, resulting in toplija.
Why does topao lose its a when it becomes toplija?
The word topao contains a fleeting a. This is an extra vowel inserted into the dictionary masculine form to make it easier to pronounce. When we add any ending that starts with a vowel, like the basic feminine ending -a (topla) or the comparative ending -ija (toplija), that extra a drops out because it is no longer needed for pronunciation.
Why is the word for coast written as obali instead of obala?
The preposition na (on) is used here to express a static location (where the climate is), which requires the locative case. For feminine nouns ending in -a like obala, the locative case ending is -i, so it changes to na obali.
Why is the verb je placed after na obali rather than right after Klima?