Breakdown of Moj otac je razočaran zbog te vijesti.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
otac
father
moj
my
zbog
because of
vijest
news
taj
that (masculine)
razočaran
disappointed (+ instrumental)
Questions & Answers about Moj otac je razočaran zbog te vijesti.
Is razočaran acting as a verb or an adjective in this sentence?
It acts as an adjective here. Although razočaran is technically the past passive participle of the verb razočarati (to disappoint), it is used here to describe a psychological state. It functions purely as an adjective meaning 'disappointed', which is why it changes to agree with the masculine singular subject moj otac.
The English translation says 'about that news', so why does the Croatian sentence use zbog (because of)?
Why does the feminine noun vijest end in -i here?
The preposition zbog requires the genitive case. While most feminine nouns end in -a and take -e in the genitive, vijest belongs to a special group of feminine nouns that end in a consonant in the nominative. These i-declension nouns take the ending -i in the genitive singular, giving us te vijesti.
Is te vijesti plural?
No, it is singular. In English, 'news' is an uncountable noun that looks plural, but in Croatian, vijest is a standard countable noun. Here, te vijesti is strictly the genitive singular form of ta vijest (that single piece of news). If it were plural, the genitive plural after zbog would be tih vijesti.
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