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Ovaj projekt je održiv. Štoviše, vrlo je jeftin.

Ovaj projekt je održiv. Štoviše, vrlo je jeftin.
This project is sustainable. Moreover, it is very cheap.
From Lesson 363:Adding information (osim toga, štoviše)·Croatian

Questions & Answers about Ovaj projekt je održiv. Štoviše, vrlo je jeftin.

How does štoviše feel different from osim toga in this context?
While osim toga just neutrally adds another fact ("besides that"), štoviše escalates or amplifies the point. It shows that being very cheap is an even stronger or more surprising selling point than just being sustainable, much like "moreover" or "what's more" in English.
Is štoviše literally translated as "what's more"?
Yes! It is a direct fusion of što (what) and više (more). Thinking of it as "what's more" is the perfect way for an English speaker to remember both its meaning and its spelling.
Why are the adjectives održiv and jeftin missing the final -i (like održivi, jeftini)?
They are in the indefinite (short) form. In Croatian, when an adjective is used as a predicate—meaning it comes after the verb "to be" to describe the subject, rather than directly attaching to a noun—you should use the indefinite form if the adjective has one.
In the second sentence, why doesn't the enclitic verb je come immediately after štoviše?
Štoviše acts as an introductory discourse marker and is separated by a comma, meaning it sits outside the grammatical structure of the main clause. The enclitic je must go in the second position of the actual clause. Since vrlo is the first word of that clause, je tucks in right behind it.

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