Questions & Answers about Ovaj paket ima deset gigabajta.
What does ovaj mean, and why is it ovaj rather than ova or ovo?
Ovaj means this.
It is the masculine singular nominative form, and it has to agree with paket, which is a masculine singular noun.
So:
- ovaj = masculine
- ova = feminine
- ovo = neuter
Examples:
- ovaj paket = this package/plan
- ova tarifa = this tariff/plan
- ovo selo = this village
What case is paket in, and why?
Paket is in the nominative singular.
It is the subject of the sentence, so Croatian uses the nominative case here. The basic dictionary form of the noun is also paket.
In this sentence:
- ovaj paket = the subject
- ima = the verb
- deset gigabajta = what the package has
Why is ima used here?