Procjena štete počinje sutra.

The damage assessment starts tomorrow.

Breakdown of Procjena štete počinje sutra.

• sutra: tomorrow
• počinjati: to start
• procjena štete: damage assessment

Questions & Answers about Procjena štete počinje sutra.

Why is štete used instead of šteta?

Because štete is the genitive singular form of šteta (damage).

In Croatian, a noun like procjena (assessment, evaluation) is commonly followed by the genitive to mean assessment of ... So:

• procjena = assessment
• šteta = damage
• procjena štete = assessment of damage

A useful way to think about it is:

• procjena čega? = assessment of what?
• štete = of damage

So šteta changes to štete because of the grammar of the phrase.

What exactly is the subject in this sentence?

The subject is the whole noun phrase procjena štete.

However, the head noun is procjena, not štete. That matters because the verb agrees with procjena.

So the structure is:

• procjena = the main noun, assessment
• štete = dependent noun in the genitive, of damage

That is why the sentence behaves as if the subject were singular: the main noun is singular.

Why is the verb singular?