Prijepis je spreman.

The transcript is ready.

Breakdown of Prijepis je spreman.

• biti: to be
• spreman: ready
• prijepis: a transcript; certified copy

Questions & Answers about Prijepis je spreman.

What is the grammatical role of each word in Prijepis je spreman?

• Prijepis is a noun and the subject of the sentence.
• je is the 3rd person singular present tense of biti (to be).
• spreman is an adjective used as the predicate adjective, describing the subject.

So the structure is:

subject + verb + adjective

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Why is there no word for the or a in this sentence?

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

So prijepis can mean something like:

• a transcript
• the transcript

Which one is intended depends on the context, not on an article.

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Why do we need je here?