Bivši vođa zna tu činjenicu.

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Breakdown of Bivši vođa zna tu činjenicu.

• taj: that
• bivši: former; ex-
• vođa: a leader

Questions & Answers about Bivši vođa zna tu činjenicu.

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

Because not all masculine nouns in Croatian have the endings English speakers expect.

Vođa is one of the nouns that can refer to a male person even though it ends in -a. In this sentence, it is clearly masculine because of bivši:

• bivši vođa = masculine
• bivša vođa = feminine

So the adjective tells you the gender here.

What does bivši mean exactly?

Bivši means former or ex-.

It describes someone who used to have a role, position, or status but does not have it now.

So:

• bivši vođa = former leader
• bivši muž = ex-husband
• bivša predsjednica = former president (female)

In this sentence, bivši is an adjective modifying vođa, and it agrees with it in gender, number, and case.

Why is it tu činjenicu and not ta činjenica?