Breakdown of Ovaj komad gline je veći od polovice stola.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
stol
table
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
komad
piece
veći
bigger
od
than (in comparison)
polovica
half (noun, one of two equal parts)
glina
clay
Questions & Answers about Ovaj komad gline je veći od polovice stola.
Why are both polovice and stola in the genitive case here?
polovice is in the genitive case because it follows the preposition od (than). stola is also in the genitive case because fractions act like quantity words in Croatian; they require the noun that follows them to be in the genitive (meaning half of the table).
Could I use pola instead of polovice in this sentence?
Yes, you could say od pola stola. pola is an indeclinable word meaning half, so it never changes its ending, even after a preposition like od. However, it still forces the noun after it (stola) into the genitive case.
Why is the word for clay (glina) written as gline?
gline is the genitive form of the feminine noun glina. In Croatian, words that express a quantity, portion, or container, such as komad (piece), are followed by the genitive case to mean a piece of clay.
Why does the sentence use the masculine adjective veći (bigger) when glina is feminine?
The adjective veći describes the main subject of the sentence, which is the masculine noun komad (piece), not glina. If you were talking about the clay itself without the word piece, you would use the feminine form veća (Ova glina je veća).
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