Breakdown of Sve su skulpture u muzeju prodane.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
u
in, into
muzej
museum (m)
prodati
to sell (perfective)
sav
all (of a whole) / everyone, all (people) / everything
skulptura
sculpture
Questions & Answers about Sve su skulpture u muzeju prodane.
Why does the word for 'sold' end in -e (prodane)?
In the passive voice, the passive participle acts like an adjective and must agree with the subject in gender, number, and case. The subject here is skulpture, which is a feminine plural noun in the nominative case. Therefore, the participle prodan (sold) takes the feminine plural nominative ending -e, becoming prodane.
How is the passive voice formed in this sentence?
It is formed using the auxiliary verb biti (to be) and the passive participle of the main verb. Here, we use su (the 3rd person plural present tense of biti) alongside the passive participle prodane to mean 'are sold'.
Why is the verb su placed between Sve and skulpture instead of after them?
The word su is an enclitic (a weak word with no accent of its own) and strictly belongs in the second position of a sentence. While Sve skulpture is a single noun phrase meaning 'All sculptures', Croatian allows enclitics to split noun phrases to satisfy the second-position rule.
Why is it u muzeju instead of u muzej?
The preposition u takes the locative case when describing a static location (where something is), rather than a destination (where something is going). Since the sculptures are currently resting inside the museum, muzej takes the locative ending -u.
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