Stroj mora isprati rublje.

to have to

Breakdown of Stroj mora isprati rublje.

• rublje: laundry
• stroj: machine
• isprati: to rinse

Questions & Answers about Stroj mora isprati rublje.

What does each word in Stroj mora isprati rublje mean?

• stroj = machine
• mora = must / has to
• isprati = to rinse out / to wash out completely
• rublje = laundry / clothes / linen

So the structure is basically:

machine + must + rinse/wash out + laundry

Why is stroj in this form?

Stroj is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing doing the action.

Its basic dictionary form is also stroj, so nothing has changed here.

What does mora mean exactly?

Mora is the 3rd person singular form of morati, which means must or to have to.

Because the subject is stroj (machine), Croatian uses mora:

• ja moram = I must
• ti moraš = you must
• on/ona/ono mora = he/she/it must

Since stroj is grammatically treated like it, mora is the correct form.