Breakdown of Pretplatnik je podnio zahtjev.
Questions & Answers about Pretplatnik je podnio zahtjev.
Pretplatnik means subscriber.
It is a masculine singular noun in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence.
You can think of it as being related to:
- pretplata = subscription
- pretplatiti se = to subscribe
- pretplatnik = subscriber
So in this sentence, pretplatnik is the person who performed the action.
Yes. Je podnio is the past tense.
Croatian commonly forms the past tense with:
- a form of biti (to be) as an auxiliary
- plus the past participle
Here:
- je = the 3rd person singular auxiliary
- podnio = past participle of podnijeti (to submit, to file)
So:
- Pretplatnik je podnio zahtjev. = The subscriber submitted a request/application.
Although je literally comes from to be, in sentences like this it functions more like the English auxiliary in has submitted or simply marks the past tense.