Breakdown of Koliki novac uložite, toliki će biti vaš profit.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
vaš
your (formal/plural)
novac
money
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
koliki
how large
uložiti
to invest (perfective)
toliki
that big
profit
profit
Questions & Answers about Koliki novac uložite, toliki će biti vaš profit.
Why do we use koliki and toliki here instead of the adverbs koliko and toliko?
Because they are acting as adjectives modifying specific nouns (novac and profit). While koliko is an adverb meaning "how much", koliki means "how much of a" or "how big a" and must agree in gender, number, and case with the noun it modifies. The exact same rule applies to the correlative toliki modifying profit.
What cases are koliki and toliki in this sentence?
They look identical but are actually in different cases! Koliki is in the accusative case because it modifies novac, which is the direct object of the verb uložite. It looks just like the nominative because novac is an inanimate masculine noun. Toliki is in the nominative case because it describes the subject of the second clause, vaš profit.
Why is uložite in the present tense if the sentence is about a future profit?
Uložiti is a perfective verb, meaning it describes a completed action. In Croatian, the perfective present tense cannot be used for an action happening right now. Instead, it is frequently used in dependent clauses (like "however much you invest") to refer to a future action that must be completed before the main future action (će biti) happens.
Why is novac singular here? Doesn't money imply a plural amount?
In Croatian, novac (money) is an uncountable, singular masculine noun. It is treated as a single mass, so it takes singular adjectives and verbs. That is why we use the singular masculine form koliki rather than a plural form.
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