Voda je jedan metar iznad poda.

to be

Breakdown of Voda je jedan metar iznad poda.

• voda: water
• iznad: above
• pod: floor

Questions & Answers about Voda je jedan metar iznad poda.

Why is there no word for the in this sentence?

Croatian does not have articles, so there is no separate word for the or a/an.

That means:

• voda can mean water or the water
• pod can mean floor or the floor

Context tells you whether the meaning is definite or indefinite. In this sentence, English naturally uses the water and the floor, but Croatian does not need to mark that explicitly.

What case is voda, and why?

Voda is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.

A few useful points:

• dictionary form: voda
• gender: feminine
• number: singular

Even though water is a substance, Croatian still treats voda as grammatically singular here, just like English usually does.

Why is je placed after voda?