Questions & Answers about Danas je sunčano i toplo.
Why is there no word for "it" in this sentence, like in the English "it is sunny"?
Croatian doesn't use a "dummy subject" for weather expressions like English does. Instead of saying "it is," you just use the verb je (is) completely on its own.
Why do the words sunčano and toplo end in -o?
When describing general weather or conditions, Croatian uses adverbs, which often look exactly like the neuter singular form of an adjective ending in -o. Instead of saying "the weather is a sunny thing," the structure is literally more like "today is sunnily and warmly."
If I wanted to change the word order and start with sunčano, where would the verb je go?
The verb je is an enclitic, meaning it is a short, unstressed word that strongly prefers the second position in a sentence. If you moved the words around, je would still need to follow the first word or phrase, like this: Sunčano je i toplo danas.
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