Questions & Answers about Lik u filmu vidi kralja.
Why is kralja written with -a at the end?
Because kralja is in the accusative singular, and kralj is a masculine animate noun.
In Croatian, masculine animate nouns usually change form in the accusative:
- kralj = nominative singular (the king)
- kralja = accusative singular (the king as a direct object)
So in Lik u filmu vidi kralja, kralja is the thing being seen, which is why it is in the accusative.
Why does lik stay the same? Why isn’t it changed too?
Here lik is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative singular, which is the basic dictionary form.
- lik = nominative singular
- in this sentence, lik is the one who sees
Also, lik is an inanimate masculine noun, so even if it were accusative singular, it would often still look the same as the nominative. That can be confusing for English speakers.
So:
- lik = subject, nominative
- kralja = object, accusative
How do I know who is seeing whom?