Questions & Answers about Činjenica je u izvještaju.
Why does izvještaj become izvještaju in this sentence?
Because the preposition u means in here and expresses location, so it requires the locative case.
- dictionary form: izvještaj = report
- after u (when it means in/inside/at): u izvještaju = in the report
So:
- Činjenica je u izvještaju.
- literally: The fact is in the report.
For masculine nouns like izvještaj, the locative singular often ends in -u.
What case is izvještaju?
It is locative singular.
In this sentence:
- Činjenica = nominative singular, the subject
- je = is
- u izvještaju = prepositional phrase in the locative, meaning in the report
A useful thing to know is that for many masculine nouns, the dative and locative singular look the same:
- dative: izvještaju
- locative: izvještaju
Here it is locative because it follows u in the sense of location.