Breakdown of Poduzeće ima sto radnika.
imati
to have
radnik
worker
sto
one hundred
poduzeće
enterprise, company (formal)
Questions & Answers about Poduzeće ima sto radnika.
Why is radnika used here instead of the nominative plural radnici?
In Croatian, numbers from five upwards require the following noun to be in the genitive plural. Because the sentence uses sto (a hundred), the masculine noun radnik takes the genitive plural ending -a, making it radnika. Note that in speech, this final -a is pronounced with a long vowel to distinguish it from the identical-looking genitive singular.
Is there a difference between using sto and stotinu in this sentence?
Both mean "a hundred" and both require the genitive plural radnika. The difference is grammatical: sto is an indeclinable numeral (it never changes its endings), whereas stotinu is a feminine noun that can change cases depending on its role in the sentence. Here, sto is shorter and very common in everyday speech.
I usually use tvrtka for "company". Can I use it instead of poduzeće here?
Yes, you could absolutely say Tvrtka ima sto radnika. While native speakers often use them interchangeably, poduzeće highlights the business operation or enterprise itself, whereas tvrtka strictly refers to the registered legal entity or firm.
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