Procjena štete ne počinje, osim ako procjenitelj štete dođe.

The damage assessment does not begin unless the loss adjuster comes.

Breakdown of Procjena štete ne počinje, osim ako procjenitelj štete dođe.

• ne: not
• doći: to come
• počinjati: to start
• procjena štete: damage assessment

Questions & Answers about Procjena štete ne počinje, osim ako procjenitelj štete dođe.

Why is štete used instead of šteta?

Because Croatian uses the genitive case very often to express of.

So:

• procjena štete = assessment of damage
• procjenitelj štete = assessor of damage

The base noun is šteta (damage), but after nouns like procjena and procjenitelj, it becomes štete because it is in the genitive singular.

Is štete singular or plural here?

Here it is singular.

The form štete can be confusing because it can also be a plural form in other contexts, but in this sentence it is genitive singular of šteta.

You can tell from the structure:

• procjena štete = assessment of damage
• not assessment of damages as a plural count noun

So although štete looks like it could be plural, here it means of damage.

What is the subject of ne počinje?