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Cvijet koji stoji na stolu je crven.

Cvijet koji stoji na stolu je crven.
The flower standing on the table is red.
From Lesson 114:Relative pronouns in the nominative (koji, koja)·Croatian

Questions & Answers about Cvijet koji stoji na stolu je crven.

Why is the relative pronoun koji used here instead of koja or koje?
The word koji means "which" or "that", and it must match the gender, number, and case of the noun it connects to. Since cvijet (flower) is a masculine singular noun in the nominative case, we use the masculine singular nominative form koji.
The English translation says "standing", so why isn't there an extra word for "is" before stoji?
Croatian doesn't have a separate continuous tense like English does. The single present tense verb stoji can mean both "stands" and "is standing".
Why is the word for table stolu instead of stol?
We are describing where the flower is located, which means we use the locative case. After the preposition na (on) to show a fixed location, the masculine noun stol changes its ending to become stolu.
Why does the sentence end with crven instead of crveni?
When a masculine adjective comes after the verb "to be" to simply state a fact about the subject (like "is red"), Croatian uses the short, indefinite form. So we use crven instead of the long definite form crveni.

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