Breakdown of Posada vas poštuje pod uvjetom da se pridržavate dogovora.
vas
you (accusative/genitive)
poštovati
to respect
dogovor
arrangement
pod uvjetom da
on the condition that / provided that
posada
crew
pridržavati se
to adhere to
Questions & Answers about Posada vas poštuje pod uvjetom da se pridržavate dogovora.
Why do we use the regular present tense pridržavate after pod uvjetom da?
The phrase pod uvjetom da (provided that / on the condition that) is followed by the indicative mood. This just means it takes normal, factual tenses like the present, past, or future, rather than a conditional form (which you would use with phrases like kad bi). Since this sentence describes a general, ongoing condition, the simple present tense is used.
Why is the word for "agreement" in the genitive case (dogovora)?
The reflexive verb pridržavati se (to adhere to / to stick to) always requires the object that follows it to be in the genitive case. So, the nominative base word dogovor changes to the genitive dogovora.
In the second clause, why is the reflexive pronoun se placed immediately after da?
se is an enclitic (a small, unstressed word), which means it strictly belongs in the second position of its clause. In a subordinate clause introduced by da, the conjunction da acts as the first position, so the enclitic must attach directly after it.
Why is the verb poštuje in the singular when posada (crew) is made up of multiple people?
In Croatian, collective nouns like posada (crew), publika (audience), or momčad (team) are grammatically singular (specifically, feminine singular). Because of this, they always take a singular verb, even though they conceptually represent a group of people.
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