Breakdown of Travanj, svibanj i lipanj brzo dolaze.
i
and (additive)
brzo
quickly
dolaziti
to come
travanj
April
Questions & Answers about Travanj, svibanj i lipanj brzo dolaze.
Why don't travanj, svibanj, and lipanj sound anything like April, May, and June?
Unlike many European languages that use Latin-based names for months, Croatian uses traditional Slavic names. They are usually based on nature or agricultural events. For instance, lipanj (June) gets its name from the linden tree (lipa), which typically blooms at that time of year.
Why aren't the month names capitalized?
In Croatian, the names of the months (as well as days of the week and seasons) are written with lowercase letters, which is a common difference English speakers have to get used to. Travanj is only capitalized here because it is the first word of the sentence.
What case are the months in here?
They are in the nominative case (the dictionary form) because they are the subject of the sentence. If you wanted to say that something happens in a specific month, you would use the preposition u with the locative case, for example: u travnju (in April).
Why is the word for "quickly" brzo instead of brz?
Brzo is an adverb describing how the months are coming. Brz is an adjective meaning "quick" used to describe masculine nouns. In Croatian, you can easily turn many adjectives into adverbs by using their neuter singular form, which usually ends in -o.