Breakdown of Renovacija je konačno gotova.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
konačno
finally
renovacija
renovation
gotov
finished
Questions & Answers about Renovacija je konačno gotova.
Since we are learning about neuter agreement with sve, why is gotova feminine here instead of neuter?
In this sentence, the adjective gotova (finished) describes the specific noun renovacija (renovation). Since renovacija is a feminine noun, the adjective must match it and take the feminine ending -a. You only use the neuter form (like sve je gotovo) when describing a general concept like 'everything'.
Is konačno an adjective or an adverb here, and does its ending change?
Konačno (finally) is an adverb here. Adverbs in Croatian do not change their endings to match nouns, so it stays konačno regardless of the feminine noun renovacija. You might recognize the -o ending because many adverbs look exactly like the neuter singular form of an adjective.
Could I use završena instead of gotova?
Yes, završena also means finished or completed. Gotova is very common in everyday speech to mean 'done', while završena sounds just a bit more formal. They are completely interchangeable in this context.
Why is the verb je placed directly after renovacija?
The word je (is) is an enclitic, which is a 'weak' word that cannot start a sentence and strongly prefers to sit in the second position. Here, it correctly follows the first grammatical block of the sentence, which is the subject renovacija.
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