Breakdown of Prosjek je petsto gostiju svaki dan.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
dan
day
gost
guest
svaki
every, each
prosjek
average
petsto
five hundred
Questions & Answers about Prosjek je petsto gostiju svaki dan.
Why is petsto written as a single word?
In Croatian, multiples of a hundred from 200 to 900 are often written as a single word, like dvjesto (200), tristo (300), and petsto (500). You can also use two words and say pet stotina, but petsto is more common in everyday speech.
Why is the word for guests (gostiju) in the genitive case here?
Any number from five upwards, including large numbers like petsto, requires the noun that follows it to be in the genitive plural. Because of this rule, 'five hundred guests' translates to petsto gostiju.
Is gostiju a regular genitive plural form?
It is actually irregular! The noun gost (guest) is masculine, so you might expect a standard ending. However, gost belongs to a small group of nouns that take the special ending -iju in the genitive plural, making it gostiju.
Why does 'every day' (svaki dan) appear without a preposition?
When expressing that something happens 'every' time period (day, week, month), Croatian simply uses svaki plus the noun in the accusative case, without any preposition. Because dan is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form looks exactly the same as its dictionary form.
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