Word
Dno je debelo.
Meaning
The bottom is thick.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Dno je debelo.
What part of speech is dno, and what does it represent grammatically in this sentence?
Dno is a noun, and here it is the subject of the sentence.
Grammatically, it is:
- singular
- neuter
- in the nominative case (the basic dictionary form, used for the subject)
That matters because the adjective debelo has to agree with dno in gender and number.
Why is it debelo and not debeo or debela?
Because dno is a neuter noun.
In Croatian, adjectives must agree with the noun they describe:
- debeo = masculine singular
- debela = feminine singular
- debelo = neuter singular
So:
- stol je debeo would be masculine
- knjiga je debela would be feminine
- dno je debelo is neuter
This is one of the most important agreement patterns in Croatian.
What is je, and why is it needed here?