Breakdown of Ovi restorani su loši.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
restoran
restaurant
loš
bad
Questions & Answers about Ovi restorani su loši.
Why do ovi and loši both end in -i?
In Croatian, describing words must match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Restoran is a masculine noun, so in the plural it becomes restorani. Because of this, the word for this (ovaj) becomes ovi, and the word for bad (loš) becomes loši. The -i ending is the standard marker for masculine plural.
How do I know restorani is masculine?
You can usually tell a noun's gender by its singular form. The singular word is restoran. Because it ends in a consonant, it is considered masculine. To make a regular masculine noun plural, you simply add -i to the end.
Would loši change if we were describing feminine or neuter nouns instead?
Why is the verb su placed after ovi restorani? Can it go earlier?
The word su is a short word (a clitic) that wants to sit in the second position of a sentence. While you could technically put it right after the first word (Ovi su restorani loši), it is much more common and natural to treat the phrase ovi restorani as a single starting block of information, and put su right after it.
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