Breakdown of Znanje i vještine bit će važni.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
i
and (additive)
važan
important
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
znanje
knowledge
vještina
skill
Questions & Answers about Znanje i vještine bit će važni.
Why is važni in the masculine plural form when the subjects are neuter (znanje) and feminine (vještine)?
In Croatian, when a sentence has a compound subject made of mixed genders, any adjectives or verbs describing them default to the masculine plural form. Since znanje (knowledge) is neuter and vještine (skills) is feminine, the adjective važni (important) takes the masculine plural ending -i.
Why is the verb written as bit će instead of biti će?
When forming the future tense, if an infinitive verb ending in -ti (like biti) comes directly before the future helper word (će), the final -i is dropped for smoother pronunciation. If we changed the word order so the helper verb came first, it would keep the -i.
Is the helper word će in this sentence singular or plural?
It is plural. The short form of the verb htjeti (used to build the future tense) is će for both the third-person singular (he/she/it will) and the third-person plural (they will). Here, it acts as the plural form to match the multiple subjects.
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