Word
Naručitelj radova čita ugovor.
Meaning
The client reads the contract.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Naručitelj radova čita ugovor.
čitati
to read
ugovor
contract
naručitelj radova
the client commissioning building work
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Questions & Answers about Naručitelj radova čita ugovor.
Why is radova in the form -a?
Because radova is genitive plural.
The head noun is naručitelj and it is followed by another noun that tells us of what / for what: naručitelj radova. In Croatian, that relationship is often expressed with the genitive.
- radovi = works
- radova = of works
So radova depends on naručitelj.
In construction/business language, radovi often means works in the sense of construction or project work, so naručitelj radova is a normal phrase.
What case is naručitelj?
Naručitelj is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.
It is the one doing the action of čita.
So the basic structure is:
- naručitelj radova = subject
- čita = verb
- ugovor = object
Why does ugovor stay ugovor even though it is the direct object?