Breakdown of Sva oprema je nova i čista.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
nov
new
i
and (additive)
čist
clean / pure
sav
all (of a whole) / everyone, all (people) / everything
oprema
equipment (f)
Questions & Answers about Sva oprema je nova i čista.
Why do we use sva here instead of sve or sav?
Sva is the feminine singular form of the word for "all." It has to match the noun it describes, which is oprema (a feminine singular noun). If the noun were masculine, you would use sav, and if it were neuter, you would use sve.
In English, "equipment" is uncountable. Is oprema singular or plural here?
In Croatian, oprema is a standard feminine singular noun. Because it is grammatically singular, it takes the singular verb je (is), and all of its describing words (sva, nova, čista) must take their feminine singular endings.
Could I just use sve if I wanted to say "Everything is new and clean"?
Yes! If you drop the word oprema, you can use the universal pronoun sve (everything). However, the adjectives would also change to the neuter form: Sve je novo i čisto (Everything is new and clean). Because you included oprema here, the word for "all" acts as an adjective and must become sva to match it.
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