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Questions & Answers about Knjiga je ovdje.
How do I know the gender of knjiga?
Knjiga ends in the letter -a. In Croatian, almost all nouns that end in -a in their basic dictionary form are feminine.
Why is knjiga in the nominative case here?
The nominative case is the dictionary form of a word, and it is used for the subject of a sentence (the person or thing doing the action or simply existing). Since the book is the thing that 'is here', knjiga is the subject and takes the nominative form.
Where is the word for 'the' in this sentence?
Can I start the sentence with je and say Je knjiga ovdje?
No. The verb je (is) is an enclitic. This means it is a short, unstressed word that cannot stand at the very beginning of a sentence. It normally has to go in the second position, right after the first word or phrase.