Breakdown of Kada uspoređujemo originalni proizvod i kopiju, nikada nisu isti.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
i
and (additive)
nikada
never
kada
when / if (with conditional)
Questions & Answers about Kada uspoređujemo originalni proizvod i kopiju, nikada nisu isti.
Why is isti in the masculine plural form here, even though it refers to one masculine noun (proizvod) and one feminine noun (kopija)?
Does originalni end in -i because it is plural?
No, originalni is singular here. It is the definite form of the masculine adjective, meaning 'the original product' rather than just 'an original product'. For masculine inanimate nouns in the accusative case, the definite adjective ends in -i.
Both proizvod and kopiju are direct objects being compared. Why does only kopiju change its ending?
Both nouns are in the accusative case because they are the direct objects of the verb uspoređujemo. However, masculine inanimate nouns like proizvod look exactly the same in the accusative as they do in the nominative. Feminine nouns ending in -a, like kopija, change their ending to -u in the accusative.
Why does the second part of the sentence say nikada nisu (never they aren't) instead of nikada su (never they are)?