Breakdown of Njegov život je trenutno jednostavniji nego njezin.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
njegov
his
njezin
her
život
life
nego
than
trenutno
currently
jednostavan
simple
Questions & Answers about Njegov život je trenutno jednostavniji nego njezin.
Why is njezin in the nominative case here?
When you use nego (than) for comparisons, the second part of the comparison takes the same case as the first part. Since Njegov život (His life) is in the nominative case, njezin (hers) must also be in the nominative.
Could I use od instead of nego in this sentence?
Yes! But remember that od always requires the genitive case. If you used od, the sentence would be: Njegov život je trenutno jednostavniji od njezinog.
Why do we use the masculine form njezin when it translates to "hers"?
Possessive pronouns in Croatian match the gender of the object being possessed, not the owner. The owner is a woman, but the implied object is život (life), which is a masculine noun. Therefore, we use the masculine form njezin.
How is the comparative jednostavniji formed from jednostavan (simple)?
First, you drop the fleeting 'a' from the end of jednostavan to get the base jednostavn-. Then, you add the standard comparative ending -iji for masculine adjectives, giving us jednostavniji.
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