Breakdown of Početak radova je nakon odobrenja i predujma.
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to be
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and
nakon
after
predujam
an advance payment
Questions & Answers about Početak radova je nakon odobrenja i predujma.
Why is radova in that form, and what is the base word?
The base word is radovi or rad.
In this sentence, radova is the genitive plural form, and it depends on početak:
- početak = beginning, start
- radovi = works, jobs, construction works
- početak radova = the start of the works / the beginning of the work
Croatian often uses the genitive after nouns like početak to show "the beginning of what?"
Compare:
- početak sastanka = the start of the meeting
- početak dana = the start of the day
- početak radova = the start of the works
So radova is there because početak normally takes a genitive complement.
Why is radovi plural here? Why not singular rada?