Poručnik je ovdje.

to be

Breakdown of Poručnik je ovdje.

• ovdje: here
• poručnik: a lieutenant

Questions & Answers about Poručnik je ovdje.

What does poručnik mean, and is it a common word?

Poručnik is a military rank meaning lieutenant.

It is a normal Croatian word, but it is mostly used in military contexts, so you will not hear it as often as everyday nouns like student, učitelj, or doktor.

Why is there no word for the in Poručnik je ovdje?

Croatian does not have articles like English a/an and the.

So poručnik can mean:

• a lieutenant
• the lieutenant

Which one is meant depends on context. In a sentence like Poručnik je ovdje, English might translate it as either The lieutenant is here or A lieutenant is here, depending on the situation.

What case is poručnik in here?

It is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.

The basic dictionary form is poručnik, and that is the form used here.

Why do we use je here?