Novi vođa poznaje područje.

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Breakdown of Novi vođa poznaje područje.

• poznavati: to know
• područje: an area; region
• vođa: a leader

Questions & Answers about Novi vođa poznaje područje.

Why does vođa end in -a if it is masculine here?

Because in Croatian, noun ending does not always tell you the gender.

Vođa is one of the nouns that can end in -a but still be treated as masculine in a sentence. In Novi vođa, the adjective novi shows that the noun is being treated as masculine singular here.

So a learner should not assume:

• -a = always feminine

Instead, it is better to learn noun gender together with the word:

• vođa = masculine here
• novi vođa = the adjective confirms it

Why is it novi vođa and not nova vođa?

Because adjectives in Croatian must agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, vođa is treated as:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative case

So the adjective must also be:

• masculine singular nominative → novi

That is why you get:

• novi vođa

not:

• nova vođa

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