Breakdown of Njihov praktični automobil nudi ne samo sigurnost, nego i udobnost.
i
and (additive)
automobil
car
ne
no, not
samo
only
njihov
their
nego
than
nuditi
to offer
sigurnost
security
praktičan
practical
udobnost
comfort
Questions & Answers about Njihov praktični automobil nudi ne samo sigurnost, nego i udobnost.
How does the punctuation work with ne samo..., nego i... in this sentence?
Notice the comma right before nego i. In Croatian, you must always use a comma before the second half of this conjunction structure. This is a strict punctuation rule, unlike in English where a comma before "but also" is often left out.
What case are the words sigurnost and udobnost in?
They are in the accusative case because they are the direct objects of the verb nudi (offers). They might look like they are in the nominative case because feminine nouns ending in a consonant (like these two) have identical nominative and accusative forms in the singular.
Why does the adjective praktični end in -i instead of being praktičan?
It uses the definite ending -i because it directly follows the possessive pronoun njihov (their). Whenever an adjective modifies a noun that is preceded by a possessive pronoun, the adjective must take its definite form.
How do I know the gender of sigurnost and udobnost if they don't end in -a?
Almost all Croatian nouns that end in the suffix -ost are feminine. This is a very common way to form abstract nouns, so whenever you see a word like sigurnost (safety) or udobnost (comfort), you can confidently treat it as a feminine noun.
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