Word
Ovo suvremeno razdoblje je brže nego prošlo stoljeće.
Meaning
This contemporary period is faster than the past century.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Ovo suvremeno razdoblje je brže nego prošlo stoljeće.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
brz
fast
prošli
last / past
Questions & Answers about Ovo suvremeno razdoblje je brže nego prošlo stoljeće.
Why do we use brže here instead of brži?
Brže is the neuter singular form of the comparative adjective for "fast". It has to match the neuter noun it describes, razdoblje (period). If we were talking about a masculine noun like auto (car), we would use brži.
Both sides of the comparison use the nominative case here. Why?
When you use nego (than) for comparisons, the second part of the comparison takes the exact same grammatical case as the first part. Since the subject Ovo suvremeno razdoblje is in the nominative case, prošlo stoljeće must also be in the nominative.
How would this sentence change if we used od instead of nego?
If you use od for comparisons, the noun phrase that follows must be in the genitive case. The sentence would become: Ovo suvremeno razdoblje je brže od prošlog stoljeća.
The word suvremeno looks a bit like vrijeme. Are they related?
Yes! The prefix su- often means "with" or "together" (like "co-" or "con-" in English), and the root -vremen- comes from vrijeme (time). So suvremeno literally means "with the times", which translates to "contemporary" or "modern".