Breakdown of To što Vi ne poštujete pravila potpuno je neprihvatljivo.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
vi
you
ne
no, not
poštovati
to respect
pravilo
rule
potpun
complete, total
to što
the fact that / that which
neprihvatljiv
unacceptable
Questions & Answers about To što Vi ne poštujete pravila potpuno je neprihvatljivo.
Why do we use To što to start this sentence instead of just Da (that)?
In Croatian, a whole clause like "you do not respect the rules" needs a pronoun to anchor it when it acts as the main subject of the sentence. To (it/that) serves as this anchor, and što connects the action to it. It translates literally as "That which..." but is naturally understood as "The fact that...".
Why is the adjective neprihvatljivo (unacceptable) in the neuter singular form?
If I rewrite this using the alternative činjenica da (the fact that), does anything else in the sentence change?
Could the enclitic verb je be placed right after the To što clause instead of after potpuno?
Yes. The entire phrase To što Vi ne poštujete pravila can be treated as a single heavy block occupying the first position. Because of this, you can also say: To što Vi ne poštujete pravila je potpuno neprihvatljivo. Placing je after potpuno just slightly emphasizes the word "completely".
Why is the word Vi capitalized here?
Capitalizing Vi (and its other forms like Vas or Vama) is standard in formal writing when addressing a single person respectfully. If it were written with a lowercase v, it would mean you are addressing a group of people.
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