Questions & Answers about Ona ima dugu kovrčavu kosu.
Why do dugu, kovrčavu, and kosu all end in -u?
They are in the accusative case because they make up the direct object of the verb ima (has). For feminine singular nouns like kosa, the accusative ending is -u, and any adjectives describing the noun must take that exact same ending.
Is kosa treated as an uncountable noun like 'hair' is in English?
In meaning, yes, it refers to the whole mass of hair on someone's head. However, grammatically, kosa is just a regular feminine singular noun. If you need to talk about one individual strand of hair, you wouldn't use kosa, but rather a word like vlas or dlaka.
Does Croatian have a strict adjective order like English does for 'long curly'?
Yes, it is very similar! Descriptive adjectives come before the noun, and just like in English, adjectives describing size (dugu) typically come before those describing shape or texture (kovrčavu).
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