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Questions & Answers about Televizor je opet pokvaren.
Why use televizor instead of televizija here?
Televizor refers specifically to the physical TV set or appliance. Televizija refers to the television broadcast, the medium itself, or a TV station. Since it is the physical machine that stopped working, you must use televizor.
Does pokvaren mean the TV is physically smashed to pieces?
No. Pokvaren (from the verb pokvariti) means it is malfunctioning, out of order, or broken down internally. If the TV had been dropped and physically shattered, you would use a word like razbijen. Fun fact: pokvaren is also the word used for spoiled food!
Why does pokvaren end in a consonant here?
Pokvaren is a passive participle acting as an adjective to describe the subject, televizor. Because televizor is a masculine noun, pokvaren takes the masculine singular nominative form, which ends in the base consonant. If you were talking about a broken feminine noun, like a washing machine (perilica), it would change to pokvarena.