Breakdown of Ozvučenje i projekcijska oprema rade dobro.
i
and
raditi
to work
dobro
well
ozvučenje
the sound system
Questions & Answers about Ozvučenje i projekcijska oprema rade dobro.
Why is the verb rade plural when both ozvučenje and projekcijska oprema look singular?
Because the subject is made of two nouns joined by i = and.
In Croatian, two singular nouns connected this way normally take a plural verb:
- Ozvučenje radi. = The sound system works.
- Projekcijska oprema radi. = The projection equipment works.
- Ozvučenje i projekcijska oprema rade. = The sound system and the projection equipment work.
So rade is plural because the sentence has a compound subject.
What case are ozvučenje and projekcijska oprema in here?
They are in the nominative case, because they are the subject of the sentence.
You can see the structure like this:
- ozvučenje = nominative singular neuter
- projekcijska oprema = nominative singular feminine
- rade = 3rd person plural present
- dobro = adverb
So the sentence is built around who/what is doing the action: the sound system and the projection equipment.
Why is it projekcijska oprema and not some plural form?