Nakon ugradnje moramo uravnotežiti stroj.

to have to

Breakdown of Nakon ugradnje moramo uravnotežiti stroj.

• nakon: after
• stroj: machine
• ugradnja: installation

Questions & Answers about Nakon ugradnje moramo uravnotežiti stroj.

Why is it nakon ugradnje and not nakon ugradnja?

Because nakon requires the genitive case in Croatian.

• base noun: ugradnja = installation / fitting
• genitive singular: ugradnje

So:

• nakon ugradnje = after the installation / after fitting

This is a very common pattern:

• nakon sastanka = after the meeting
• nakon popravka = after the repair
• nakon rada = after work

So the form ugradnje is there because of the preposition nakon.

What exactly is ugradnje? Is it a normal noun or something derived from a verb?

It is a noun derived from a verb.

• verb: ugraditi = to install, fit in, build in
• noun: ugradnja = installation, fitting, the act of installing
• here: ugradnje = genitive singular of ugradnja

English often uses -ing forms or abstract nouns in similar places, while Croatian often uses these verbal nouns:

• ugradnja = installation
• popravak = repair
• montaža = assembly / mounting

So in this sentence, Croatian uses the noun ugradnja rather than a clause like nakon što ugradimo...