Word
Svjetlosno zagađenje u gradu je veliki problem.
Meaning
Light pollution in the city is a big problem.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Svjetlosno zagađenje u gradu je veliki problem.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
grad
city
velik
big
problem
problem
Questions & Answers about Svjetlosno zagađenje u gradu je veliki problem.
This lesson is about usprkos and unatoč. How would we say 'Despite the light pollution...'?
Both usprkos and unatoč mean 'despite' and require the Dative case. Since svjetlosno zagađenje is a neuter singular phrase, its Dative form takes -om for the adjective and -u for the noun. You would say Usprkos svjetlosnom zagađenju... or Unatoč svjetlosnom zagađenju...
Why is the word for 'light' here svjetlosno instead of just svjetlo?
Why do we use veliki problem instead of velik problem?
Strictly speaking, velik is the indefinite form ('a big problem') and veliki is the definite form ('the big problem'). However, in everyday spoken Croatian, the definite form veliki is overwhelmingly used for both meanings, especially when making a general statement about what something is.
Just as a refresher, why is u gradu in the Locative case here?