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Questions & Answers about Spremna sam početi odmah.
Does spremna tell us anything about who is speaking?
Yes. Spremna is the feminine singular form of the adjective spreman (ready). This means the speaker is female. If a man were speaking, he would say Spreman sam početi odmah.
Why is sam in the second position?
Sam (am) is an enclitic, which is a short, unstressed word. A strict rule in Croatian is that enclitics must go in the second position of the sentence or clause. Since spremna is the first word, sam must immediately follow it.
Why use the perfective verb početi instead of the imperfective počinjati?
We use the perfective početi here because the speaker is talking about a single, specific event: initiating the action right now. The imperfective počinjati would be used for a repeated habit or a continuous process of starting.
Could I say Spremna sam da počnem odmah instead?
You will sometimes hear the da + present tense structure in spoken language, and it is very common in some neighboring countries. However, standard Croatian strongly prefers using the infinitive (početi) directly after adjectives of readiness like spremna.