Questions & Answers about Kraljica čita izvještaj.
Croatian does not have articles like English the and a/an. So Kraljica čita izvještaj can mean The queen is reading a report, The queen reads the report, or similar, depending on context.
If you need to be more specific, Croatian usually uses context, word order, or words like demonstratives:
- ta kraljica = that queen
- taj izvještaj = that report
Kraljica is in the nominative singular.
It is nominative because it is the subject of the sentence: the person doing the action. In this sentence, the queen is the one reading.
It actually is functioning as the direct object, so it is in the accusative singular.
The reason it looks unchanged is that izvještaj is a masculine inanimate noun, and for many masculine inanimate nouns in Croatian, the accusative singular is identical to the nominative singular.
So:
- nominative: izvještaj
- accusative: izvještaj
If it were a masculine animate noun, you would often see a different form.