Word
Potrošnja vode i potrošnja energije su niske.
Meaning
Water and energy consumption are low.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Potrošnja vode i potrošnja energije su niske.
biti
to be
i
and
nizak
low
potrošnja vode
water consumption
Questions & Answers about Potrošnja vode i potrošnja energije su niske.
Why are vode and energije not in their basic forms voda and energija?
Because after the noun potrošnja (consumption), Croatian normally uses the genitive case to mean consumption of something.
So:
- potrošnja vode = consumption of water
- potrošnja energije = consumption of energy
The basic dictionary forms are:
- voda → vode
- energija → energije
This is a very common Croatian pattern: a noun is followed by another noun in the genitive to show what it relates to.
Why is potrošnja repeated? Couldn’t Croatian just say one potrošnja?