Breakdown of Polica koja je u kutu je iznad stola.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
stol
table
u
in, into
koji
which
polica
shelf
kut
corner
iznad
above
Questions & Answers about Polica koja je u kutu je iznad stola.
Why does the word for table change to stola here?
This is because of the preposition iznad (above). Spatial prepositions like iznad, ispod (below), and ispred (in front of) require the noun that follows them to be in the genitive case. The dictionary form of the word is stol, and its genitive form is stola.
Why do we use koja for 'which' instead of koji?
Just as a reminder, why is it u kutu and not u kut?
The preposition u takes the locative case when describing a fixed location (answering 'where?'). Since the shelf is simply sitting in the corner, the masculine noun kut takes the locative ending -u to become kutu. If there were movement into the corner, we would use the accusative case (u kut).
Why are there two je's in this sentence?
The sentence has two separate actions of 'being', so the verb je (is) appears twice. The first je belongs to the descriptive part koja je u kutu (which is in the corner). The second je is the main verb of the sentence, connecting the subject Polica (The shelf) to its overall location iznad stola (above the table).
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