Breakdown of Sve je gotovo i blistavo.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
i
and (additive)
sav
all (of a whole) / everyone, all (people) / everything
gotov
finished
blistav
sparkling
Questions & Answers about Sve je gotovo i blistavo.
Why do the adjectives end in '-o' (gotovo, blistavo)?
The pronoun sve (everything) is grammatically neuter singular. When adjectives describe sve, they must match its gender, which is why both gotovo and blistavo take the neuter singular ending -o.
Is sve plural? It translates to 'everything', which sounds like multiple things.
In English, 'everything' refers to many things but takes a singular verb ('everything is'). Croatian does the exact same thing! Sve is treated as grammatically singular, which is why we use je (is) instead of the plural su (are).
Doesn't gotovo usually mean 'almost'?
It can! Gotovo is very commonly used as an adverb meaning 'almost' (synonym of skoro). However, here it is the neuter singular adjective meaning 'finished' or 'done'. You can tell it means 'finished' because it is describing the pronoun sve alongside another adjective.
What kind of 'sparkling' does blistavo refer to?
Blistavo comes from the verb blistati (to shine or sparkle). In the context of chores or tasks being 'finished', it usually implies that everything has been cleaned so thoroughly that it is spotless and shining brightly.
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