Pokret traje kratko.

The movement lasts a short time.

Breakdown of Pokret traje kratko.

• trajati: to last
• kratko: briefly
• pokret: movement; motion

Questions & Answers about Pokret traje kratko.

What case is pokret in here?

Pokret is nominative singular. It is the subject of the sentence, the thing that traje.

A native English speaker might expect something like the movement, but Croatian just uses the bare noun:

• pokret = movement / motion / gesture, depending on context

It is a masculine noun.

Why is there no word for the?

Croatian normally has no articles. So pokret can mean:

• a movement
• the movement

The exact meaning depends on context. This is very normal in Croatian.

What form is traje?

Traje is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb trajati (to last, to continue, to take some time).

It is 3rd person singular because the subject pokret is singular:

• pokret traje = the movement lasts

Some related forms:

• ja trajem = I last
• ti traješ = you last
• on/ona/ono traje = he/she/it lasts
• oni traju = they last