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Pod pretpostavkom da is a formal way to say assuming that, on the assumption that, or provided that.
It introduces a condition, so the first part of the sentence sets up the circumstance under which the second part can happen.
- pod = under
- pretpostavkom = assumption in the instrumental case
- da = that
So the whole phrase is literally something like under the assumption that..., but in natural English it is usually rendered as assuming that... or provided that...
This is a fairly formal or administrative expression, not something especially casual.
Because after pod in this idiomatic expression, Croatian uses the instrumental case.
The base noun is:
- pretpostavka = assumption
In the instrumental singular, it becomes:
- pretpostavkom
So:
- pod pretpostavkom = under the assumption
This is one of those case patterns that learners often just need to remember as a fixed expression.