Breakdown of Štoviše, recepcija je ignorirala naš problem cijeli vikend.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
problem
problem
vikend
weekend
naš
our
cijeli
whole
ignorirati
to ignore
štoviše
moreover
recepcija
reception
Questions & Answers about Štoviše, recepcija je ignorirala naš problem cijeli vikend.
How does štoviše fit into the argument-structuring markers we are learning?
Štoviše translates to "moreover" or "furthermore". While markers like kao prvo list points sequentially, štoviše amplifies an argument by adding a point that is even stronger or more surprising than the previous one. It literally combines što (what) and više (more).
Why is cijeli vikend used without any preposition to mean "the whole weekend"?
To express how long an action lasts (time duration), Croatian uses the bare accusative case without a preposition. Because vikend is a masculine inanimate noun, its accusative form is identical to its nominative form, resulting in cijeli vikend.
Is the verb ignorirati considered perfective or imperfective here?
It is functioning as an imperfective verb here, which matches the continuous nature of an action happening over the whole weekend. Many foreign loan words ending in -irati are biaspectual, meaning they can be used as either perfective or imperfective depending on the context.
Why does the verb clitic je come after recepcija instead of immediately after Štoviše?
Commas create a grammatical pause that resets the second-position rule for clitics. Because of the comma after the discourse marker Štoviše, the clause effectively restarts, making recepcija the first position of the core sentence and the clitic je the second.
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