Upravitelj sustava je najbolji informatičar ovdje.
The system manager is the best IT specialist here.
Breakdown of Upravitelj sustava je najbolji informatičar ovdje.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
ovdje
here
najbolji
best
sustav
system
informatičar
IT specialist
upravitelj
manager
Questions & Answers about Upravitelj sustava je najbolji informatičar ovdje.
How is the noun upravitelj formed in this sentence?
It is formed by adding the suffix -telj to the base of the verb upravljati (to manage or direct). The suffix -telj is very productive for creating agent nouns—words for people who perform a specific action—so an upravitelj is someone who manages.
The lesson focuses on the suffix -ar, but informatičar ends in -čar. Is this a different suffix?
It is actually a variant of the same -ar suffix used to create nouns for professions. When the base noun ends in -ika (like informatika, meaning computer science), the ending often becomes -ičar. You will see this same pattern in words like matematičar (mathematician) and političar (politician).
Why is the word for system written as sustava instead of its base form sustav?
It is in the genitive case because it expresses an 'of' relationship. Upravitelj sustava literally means 'manager of the system'. This noun-plus-genitive construction is the standard way to express specific job titles and domains of responsibility in Croatian.
Could we use a short (indefinite) adjective form for best here, like najbolj?
No, superlatives (adjectives starting with the prefix naj-) are always definite in Croatian because they single out one specific, ultimate thing or person. Therefore, it must take the definite masculine nominative ending, making it najbolji.
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