Udarac zaustavlja pokret.

to stop

Breakdown of Udarac zaustavlja pokret.

• pokret: movement; motion
• udarac: a blow; hit

Questions & Answers about Udarac zaustavlja pokret.

What is the grammar of each word in Udarac zaustavlja pokret?

• Udarac is a masculine singular noun in the nominative case. It is the subject.
• zaustavlja is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb zaustavljati / zaustavljati se family, here meaning stops / is stopping.
• pokret is a masculine singular noun in the accusative case. It is the direct object.

So the basic structure is:

subject + verb + object

= Udarac + zaustavlja + pokret

Why does pokret look the same as the dictionary form if it is the object?

Because pokret is a masculine inanimate noun, and in Croatian, many masculine inanimate nouns have:

• nominative singular = accusative singular

So:

• pokret = nominative singular
• pokret = accusative singular

That is completely normal.

Compare that with a masculine animate noun, where the accusative usually changes:

• čovjek = nominative
• čovjeka = accusative

So even though pokret is the object here, its form does not change.

How do I know that is the subject and is the object?