Breakdown of Potrošnja struje zimi je veća.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
struja
electricity
veći
bigger
zimi
in the winter
Questions & Answers about Potrošnja struje zimi je veća.
Why is struje in the genitive case here?
Struje is the genitive form of struja (electricity). When you combine two nouns in Croatian to show that one is related to or belongs to the other, the second noun takes the genitive case. It literally translates to "consumption of electricity."
Why do we use veća (bigger) instead of a word meaning "higher"?
In English, we talk about "high" or "low" consumption, but Croatian treats potrošnja (consumption) as a volume or amount that is "big" (velika) or "small" (mala). So, to say consumption is "higher," you use the comparative feminine form veća (bigger) to agree with the feminine noun potrošnja.
Why is the word for "in winter" just zimi without a preposition?
Zimi is an adverb meaning "in winter" or "during winter." It is formed from the locative case of the noun zima (winter). For seasons and parts of the day, Croatian often uses these specific one-word forms without prepositions, similar to ljeti (in summer) or noću (at night).
The verb je is a clitic. Why isn't it in the strict second position?