Questions & Answers about Tvoja torba je zelena.
Why do both Tvoja and zelena end in -a?
In Croatian, adjectives and possessive words like 'your' must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because the noun torba (bag) is feminine (it usually ends in -a), the base words tvoj (your) and zelen (green) both take the feminine ending -a to match it perfectly.
Is Tvoja related to the word for 'you'?
Yes, but they are different words. 'You' is ti, while tvoj means 'your'. In Croatian, possessive words like 'your' act just like adjectives. This means they change their endings to match the noun they own, not the person who owns it. Since the bag is feminine, tvoj becomes Tvoja.
If I look up the word for 'green' in a dictionary, will I find zelena?
You will usually find the masculine form, zelen, as the main dictionary entry. To use it with a feminine noun like torba, you take that base masculine form and add the feminine ending -a to make it zelena.
Can I move je to the end of the sentence?
It is highly unnatural to do so. The word je (is) is a short, unstressed word that strongly prefers to be in the second position of a sentence. In this sentence, the entire phrase Tvoja torba acts as the first block of information, so je naturally falls right after it.
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