Lončar može dokazati da je glina suha.

to be

Breakdown of Lončar može dokazati da je glina suha.

• moći: to be able to
• da: that
• suh: dry

Questions & Answers about Lončar može dokazati da je glina suha.

Why is dokazati in the infinitive after može?

Because Croatian modal verbs usually take a bare infinitive.

• može = can / is able to
• dokazati = to prove

So može dokazati literally works like can prove in English.

Croatian does not use a separate word like English to in this structure. After moći (can), you normally just use the infinitive:

• Mogu doći. = I can come.
• Može govoriti. = He/She can speak.

So Lončar može dokazati... is the normal pattern.

What form is može?

Može is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb moći (to be able, can).

Here it matches lončar, which is singular:

• ja mogu = I can
• ti možeš = you can
• on/ona može = he/she can

Since lončar is one person, you use može.

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