Breakdown of Mislimo da je nova kuća prostrana.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
kuća
house
nov
new
misliti
to think
da
that (conjunction)
prostran
spacious
Questions & Answers about Mislimo da je nova kuća prostrana.
Why is the verb "je" placed immediately after "da" instead of after "nova kuća"?
In Croatian, je is an enclitic (a weak word that cannot stand alone) and usually needs to take the second position in its clause. The conjunction da acts as the first position of the subordinate clause, so je tucks in right behind it.
Both "nova" and "prostrana" end in "-a". Are they in the same case?
Yes, they are both in the nominative case. nova modifies the subject kuća directly, while prostrana is the predicate adjective describing the house after the verb je. Predicate adjectives must match the subject in gender, number, and case, so both take the feminine singular nominative ending -a.
How would this sentence change to fit this lesson's focus on "sve" (everything), such as "We think that everything is spacious"?
Why isn't the pronoun "mi" (we) included before "mislimo"?
Because the verb ending -mo in mislimo already tells us the subject is "we." In Croatian, you generally drop the subject pronoun unless you want to add special emphasis or contrast.
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