Word
To je stol.
Meaning
That is a table.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about To je stol.
How can I tell what gender stol is just by looking at it?
In Croatian, you can almost always tell a regular noun's gender by its final letter. The word stol ends in a consonant (the letter l), which tells us it is a masculine noun. For comparison, regular feminine nouns usually end in -a, and neuter nouns usually end in -o or -e.
Why is stol in the nominative case here?
The nominative case is the basic "dictionary form" of a noun. It is used for the subject of a sentence, and also when you are simply identifying or naming what something is, like saying "That is a table".
Where is the word for "a" in To je stol?
Croatian does not use articles like "a", "an", or "the". The single word stol can mean "table", "a table", or "the table" depending on what makes the most sense in English.
If stol is a masculine noun, why do we use the neuter pronoun To for "that"?
When you are just pointing at something and introducing it with "That is..." or "This is...", Croatian uses the fixed word To, regardless of the noun's gender. You only need to match the noun's masculine gender if you say "That table..." (Taj stol...).