Word
Kada razina mora bude rasla, izgubit ćemo obalu.
Meaning
When the sea level rises, we will lose the coast.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Kada razina mora bude rasla, izgubit ćemo obalu.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
more
sea
ću
will (future auxiliary)
izgubiti
to lose
Questions & Answers about Kada razina mora bude rasla, izgubit ćemo obalu.
Why do we use bude rasla (Future II) here instead of just the normal future tense?
Is mora the verb meaning 'must' here?
No, it is a false friend in this context! Here, mora is the genitive case of the neuter noun more (sea). The phrase razina mora literally means 'level of the sea' or 'sea level'.
Why does the verb form rasla end in -a?
Why is the 'i' dropped from the end of the infinitive izgubit?
This is a strict spelling and pronunciation rule for Future I. Whenever an infinitive ending in -ti (like izgubiti) is placed immediately before the future auxiliary (ćemo), you must drop the final -i. If you reversed the word order, the -i would stay: mi ćemo izgubiti obalu.