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Meni je taj konj jednako lijep kao tvoj.

Meni je taj konj jednako lijep kao tvoj.
To me, that horse is just as beautiful as yours.
From Lesson 158:Expressions of equality (kao, jednako... kao)·Croatian

Questions & Answers about Meni je taj konj jednako lijep kao tvoj.

How does jednako ... kao work in this sentence?
The phrase jednako lijep kao translates to 'just as beautiful as'. You are learning about equality expressions, and jednako (equally) paired with kao (as) is the perfect way to say two things share the exact same amount of a quality. You could drop jednako and just say lijep kao tvoj (beautiful as yours), but adding it emphasizes the strict equality.
Why does the sentence start with Meni je?
Starting with Meni (the long, emphasized dative form of the pronoun for 'I') highlights that this is your personal opinion: 'To me, that horse is...'. If you wanted a more neutral word order without the extra emphasis, you could use the short dative pronoun mi and say Taj konj mi je jednako lijep....
What case is the possessive pronoun tvoj in at the end?
It is in the nominative case. When you use kao to compare two things, the second part of the comparison takes the same grammatical case as the first part. Since taj konj (that horse) is the subject in the nominative case, tvoj (yours) must also be in the nominative case.
Why is the adjective lijep used instead of lijepi?
When a masculine adjective describes a noun but comes after the verb 'to be' as a statement (like 'the horse is beautiful'), it takes the short, indefinite form. This means dropping the final -i, making it lijep instead of the long form lijepi.

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