Word
Platite premiju osiguranja, osim ako uvjeti osiguranja ne vrijede.
Meaning
Pay the insurance premium unless the insurance terms are invalid.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Platite premiju osiguranja, osim ako uvjeti osiguranja ne vrijede.
ne
not
platiti
to pay
vrijediti
to be valid
premija osiguranja
insurance premium
Questions & Answers about Platite premiju osiguranja, osim ako uvjeti osiguranja ne vrijede.
Why is platite used here? Is it an imperative?
Yes. Platite is the imperative form of platiti (to pay).
In Croatian, platite can mean:
- pay! when speaking formally to one person
- pay! when speaking to more than one person
So this sentence sounds like an instruction, command, or formal notice.
Compare:
- Plati! = pay! (informal, one person)
- Platite! = pay! (formal singular or plural)
Why is it premiju, not premija?
Because premiju is in the accusative case, which is used for the direct object of the verb.
Here, the verb platiti (to pay) takes an object:
you pay what? → premiju (the premium)
So:
- nominative: premija = premium
- accusative: premiju = premium (as the thing being paid)
This is very common in Croatian: the thing directly affected by the verb often goes into the accusative.
What does osiguranja mean here, and why does it appear twice?