Jamstveni rok traje tri godine.

year

Breakdown of Jamstveni rok traje tri godine.

• trajati: to last
• tri: three
• jamstveni rok: the warranty period

Questions & Answers about Jamstveni rok traje tri godine.

Why is the verb traje used here instead of something like je?

Because Croatian normally expresses this idea with the verb trajati, meaning to last.

So the sentence is structured like:

• Jamstveni rok = the warranty period
• traje = lasts
• tri godine = three years

A literal English version would be The warranty period lasts three years.

Using je here would not sound natural in Croatian.

Why is it tri godine, not tri godina?

After the numbers dva/dvije, tri, and četiri, Croatian uses the form godine:

• dvije godine
• tri godine
• četiri godine

But after pet and higher, it changes to godina:

• pet godina
• šest godina
• deset godina

So tri godine is the correct form here.

What exactly does jamstveni rok mean grammatically?