Breakdown of Diskriminacija starijih ljudi još postoji.
čovjek
man
star
old
još
yet, still / another, one more
postojati
to exist
diskriminacija
discrimination
Questions & Answers about Diskriminacija starijih ljudi još postoji.
English says "discrimination against older people", but there is no preposition for "against" in the Croatian sentence. Why?
In Croatian, noun relationships are often handled by noun cases rather than prepositions. Here, diskriminacija is directly followed by the genitive case (starijih ljudi), which literally translates to "discrimination of older people." You don't need a preposition like protiv (against) here, as the genitive naturally links the two concepts.
What case is starijih ljudi and why does ljudi look like it's in the nominative plural?
It is in the genitive plural. The word for people (ljudi) is irregular. Its nominative plural is ljudi, and its genitive plural is also written as ljudi (though spoken with a longer "i" sound at the end). You can tell it's genitive here because the adjective starijih has the clear genitive plural ending -ih.
Why use the comparative form starijih instead of the regular adjective for "old" (starih)?
Just like in English where we often say "older people" rather than "old people" to sound more polite or objective, Croatian uses the comparative stariji (older) as the standard, respectful way to refer to senior citizens in general.
Could I use još uvijek instead of just još for "still"?
Yes, you can. Both još and još uvijek can mean "still" in this context. Saying još uvijek postoji means exactly the same thing, but još uvijek adds a little extra emphasis to the fact that it continues to exist despite the passing of time.
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