Breakdown of Anketa je pokazala da cijena iznosi tristo.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
cijena
price
pokazati
to show
da
that (conjunction)
anketa
survey
iznositi
to amount to
tristo
three hundred
Questions & Answers about Anketa je pokazala da cijena iznosi tristo.
Why is three hundred written as one word (tristo) here, and can I say it differently?
In Croatian, multiples of a hundred from 200 to 900 can be written as a single word ending in -sto (like tristo, četiristo). You can also use two words by combining the number with the feminine noun stotina (hundred), which makes it tri stotine. Both mean exactly the same thing, but the single-word form is much more common in everyday speech.
What does the verb iznosi mean, and how is it different from just using the verb to be?
Iznosi comes from the verb iznositi, which means to amount to or to total. While you could simply say cijena je tristo (the price is three hundred), using iznositi sounds more formal and precise, much like saying amounts to instead of is in English. It is very common in business, financial, or statistical contexts like this survey.
Why is the verb pokazala in the feminine form?
In the Croatian past tense, the verb must agree with its subject in gender and number. Here, the subject is anketa (survey), which is a feminine singular noun because it ends in -a. Therefore, the past tense participle is pokazala instead of the masculine pokazao.
Can I drop the word da in this sentence like we often drop that in English?
No, you cannot. In English, you can say The survey showed the price amounts to..., but in Croatian, the conjunction da (that) is strictly required to connect the main clause (anketa je pokazala) with the subordinate clause (cijena iznosi tristo). You must always include it.
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