Breakdown of Sponzori su platili iznajmljivanje opreme.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
platiti
to pay
oprema
equipment (f)
sponzor
sponsor
Questions & Answers about Sponzori su platili iznajmljivanje opreme.
Why is opreme in the genitive case instead of the accusative, since it is the thing being rented?
This is the Objective Genitive. When you use an action noun (verbal noun) like iznajmljivanje (renting), the logical object of that action must take the genitive case. Just like in English where we say the renting of the equipment, Croatian uses the genitive opreme instead of an accusative direct object.
The word iznajmljivanje is a verbal noun. Does it matter which verb aspect it is formed from?
Yes! In Croatian, verbal nouns ending in -nje are almost exclusively formed from imperfective verbs, even if the action being described is a one-time, completed event. Because of this, we use the imperfective iznajmljivati to create iznajmljivanje, rather than the perfective iznajmiti.
In English we say they paid for the renting. Why is there no preposition like za (for) in the Croatian sentence?
The Croatian verb platiti (to pay) is directly transitive when you are referring to a bill, a service, or goods. It takes the thing you are paying for as a direct object in the accusative case. Therefore, you do not need a preposition; the phrase platili su iznajmljivanje naturally translates the concept of paying for the rental.
Could we use a da clause here instead of the verbal noun iznajmljivanje?