Breakdown of Pacijentica se bori protiv raka.
protiv
against
pacijentica
patient
boriti se
to fight; struggle
rak
cancer
Questions & Answers about Pacijentica se bori protiv raka.
What does pacijentica mean, and why not pacijent?
Pacijentica means female patient.
Croatian often marks biological sex in nouns for people:
- pacijent = male patient, or sometimes patient in a general sense
- pacijentica = female patient
So this sentence specifically tells you the patient is a woman.
Why is there no word for the or a before pacijentica?
Croatian does not have articles like English a/an and the.
So Pacijentica can mean:
- the patient
- a patient
Which one sounds best depends on context. English has to choose, but Croatian usually does not mark that directly.
What is the basic dictionary form of bori?