Questions & Answers about Kontakt s policijom je važan.
Because the preposition s normally requires the instrumental case in Croatian when it means with.
- base form: policija = police
- instrumental singular: policijom
So:
- s policijom = with the police
This is a very common pattern:
- s prijateljem = with a friend
- s obitelji = with the family
- s učiteljem = with the teacher
In this sentence, kontakt s policijom literally means contact with the police.
Kontakt is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.
You can identify it by asking: What is important?
Answer: Kontakt s policijom.
So the structure is:
- Kontakt s policijom = subject
- je = is
- važan = important