Radna snaga radi danas.

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Breakdown of Radna snaga radi danas.

• raditi: to work
• radna snaga: labour; the workforce

Questions & Answers about Radna snaga radi danas.

What does radna snaga literally mean, word by word?

Literally:

• radna = working, labor-related
• snaga = strength, force

Together, radna snaga is a set phrase meaning workforce, labor force, or sometimes manpower.

So even though the literal pieces are working force, you should usually learn radna snaga as one vocabulary unit.

Why does radna end in -a?

Because it is an adjective that must agree with the noun snaga.

In Croatian, adjectives agree with nouns in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here:

• snaga is feminine singular
• it is in the nominative case because it is the subject

So the adjective also appears in the feminine singular nominative form:

• radan = masculine
• radna = feminine
• radno = neuter

That is why you get radna snaga, not radan snaga.

Is radna snaga grammatically singular or plural?