Breakdown of Došlo je do napretka te procesori obrađuju podatke kudikamo brže.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
brzo
quickly
doći
to come, to arrive
do
to, until, up to / in the mood for (nije mi do)
podatak
piece of data, information
napredak
progress
te
and (clause-linking, formal register)
procesor
processor
obrađivati
to process (imperfective)
kudikamo
far more
Questions & Answers about Došlo je do napretka te procesori obrađuju podatke kudikamo brže.
Why is it Došlo je do napretka instead of saying progress happened directly?
The phrase došlo je do followed by the genitive case (here, napretka) is a standard impersonal construction meaning 'there was' or 'occurred'. It sounds much more natural in Croatian than trying to translate 'progress happened' word-for-word.
How does kudikamo modify the sentence, and can I use the other amplifiers from this lesson?
kudikamo acts as an intensifier for the comparative adverb brže, meaning 'by far' or 'a whole lot'. It is completely interchangeable here with daleko (far) or znatno (significantly), though kudikamo carries a slightly stronger, more expressive punch.
Why use te instead of i for 'and' in this sentence?
While i simply links two things, te links two clauses where the second is a logical continuation or result of the first. Here, the faster processing is the direct result of the progress. It also elevates the tone, making it sound a bit more formal or written.
What happened to the 'a' in podatke? Isn't the nominative singular podatak?
Yes, podatak contains a 'fleeting a'. When the noun declines into the accusative plural to become the direct object of obrađuju, that final 'a' disappears before adding the -e ending.
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