Questions & Answers about Obrada slike traje kratko.
Why is slike used instead of slika?
Because slike is in the genitive singular.
In obrada slike, the noun obrada means processing, and Croatian commonly uses the genitive after nouns like this to show what is being processed:
- obrada slike = processing of the image / image processing
- obrada podataka = processing of data
- obrada teksta = processing of text
So slika is the basic dictionary form, but after obrada you need slike.
What case is slike, and why does this case appear here?
Slike is genitive singular.
It appears because obrada is a noun, and Croatian often links two nouns by putting the second one into the genitive case. This is similar to English of:
- obrada slike = processing of the image
- literally: processing image-GEN
So this is a very common noun + genitive pattern.
What form is traje?