Word
Gdje je najveći spomenik?
Meaning
Where is the biggest monument?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Gdje je najveći spomenik?
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
gdje
where
najveći
biggest
spomenik
monument
Questions & Answers about Gdje je najveći spomenik?
How do we get the word najveći from the basic Croatian word for "big"?
The basic word for "big" is velik. Its comparative form ("bigger") is irregular and changes to veći. To make the superlative ("the biggest"), you simply add the prefix naj- directly to the comparative, creating najveći.
Why does najveći end in -i in this sentence?
Adjectives must match the gender, number, and case of the noun they describe. The word spomenik (monument) is a masculine noun in the nominative (subject) case. Therefore, the adjective takes the masculine nominative singular ending -i. If we were describing a feminine noun like zgrada (building), we would use najveća.
Are there other common adjectives that change completely in the comparative, just like velik?
Yes, velik is one of a few very common irregular adjectives. Another everyday example is mali (small), which becomes manji (smaller) and najmanji (the smallest). Other important ones to remember are dobar (good) which becomes bolji, and loš (bad) which becomes gori.