Breakdown of Imam poslovni sastanak u devet.
imati
to have
sastanak
meeting
devet
nine
poslovni
business (adjective)
Questions & Answers about Imam poslovni sastanak u devet.
Why does poslovni sastanak look like it is in the nominative case here even though it is the object of the verb?
The verb imati requires the accusative case. However, sastanak is a masculine inanimate noun (it does not represent a living being). For masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative form is exactly the same as the nominative. That is why both the noun and the adjective poslovni keep their dictionary forms here.
Why is the time expressed as just u devet instead of u devet sati?
In everyday conversational Croatian, the word sati (hours) is frequently dropped when the context makes it obvious you are talking about time. Saying u devet is the most natural and common way to say 'at nine'.
Why does the adjective poslovni end in -i instead of being just poslovan?
The -i ending marks the definite form of the masculine adjective. Relational adjectives that classify a noun into a specific category (like a 'business' meeting as opposed to a 'casual' one) almost always use this definite -i ending rather than the indefinite form.
If I wanted to say I have multiple 'business meetings' in this sentence, how would the word sastanak change?
It would become poslovne sastanke to match the accusative plural. Notice that the second a in sastanak disappears in all other cases. This is a common pattern known as the 'fleeting a', which drops out when case endings are added to the word.