Narod čuva svoju povijest.

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Breakdown of Narod čuva svoju povijest.

• povijest: history
• čuvati: to protect
• narod: people; nation

Questions & Answers about Narod čuva svoju povijest.

What does narod mean here: people, nation, or something else?

Narod can mean people, nation, or the folk/the populace, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally means the nation or the people as a collective group. It is grammatically singular in Croatian, even though in English we might translate it with something that feels plural, like people.

So Narod čuva svoju povijest is something like:

• The nation preserves its history
• The people preserve their history

Both ideas are close; the exact best translation depends on context.

Why is there no word for the in the sentence?

Croatian does not have articles like a/an and the.

So narod can mean:

• a nation
• the nation
• sometimes just nation/people in a general sense

You figure out which one is meant from context. In this sentence, English usually wants the nation or the people, but Croatian simply says narod.

What form is čuva, and what verb does it come from?