Question 1

Why is the word for "three" written as triju here instead of just tri?

Accepted Answer

It is the genitive form of the number tri. We use the genitive here to express possession ("the royalty of the three authors"). While you will often hear native speakers leave numbers 2, 3, and 4 undeclined in everyday colloquial speech, standard Croatian requires them to be fully declined in oblique cases like the genitive, dative, and instrumental.

Question 2

Since triju is fully declined into the genitive case, what case is autora in?

Accepted Answer

It is in the genitive plural. When you use the standard, undeclined tri (as in "vidim tri autora"), the noun takes the genitive singular. However, when the number itself declines into a specific case like the genitive triju, the noun must agree with it in both case and plural number. By coincidence, the genitive singular and genitive plural forms of autor are completely identical.

Question 3

How does međusobno change the meaning of the verb dijelimo?

Accepted Answer

Međusobno means "mutually" or "among each other." The verb dijeliti can mean to divide, share, or distribute. Adding međusobno clarifies that the subjects are splitting the money among themselves, rather than distributing it to outside parties.

Question 4

Is the word honorar in the nominative case?

Accepted Answer

No, it is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the action (it is the thing being divided). Because honorar (royalty, fee) is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form is identical to its nominative form.

Međusobno dijelimo honorar triju autora.

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