Word
Procjena štete počinje u devet.
Meaning
The damage assessment starts at nine.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Procjena štete počinje u devet.
u
at
počinjati
to start
procjena štete
damage assessment
devet
nine
Questions & Answers about Procjena štete počinje u devet.
Why is štete in that form?
Because štete is in the genitive case.
The noun procjena means assessment/evaluation, and it commonly takes what is being assessed in the genitive:
- procjena štete = assessment of the damage
- procjena rizika = assessment of the risk
- procjena vrijednosti = assessment of the value
So štete is the genitive singular of šteta.
Why is it procjena, not procjenu or some other form?
Because procjena is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.
The sentence structure is basically:
- Procjena štete = the damage assessment
- počinje = begins/starts
- u devet = at nine
Since procjena štete is the thing that starts, it stays in the nominative.
Why is the verb počinje singular?