Mokra hrana je svježa.

to be

Breakdown of Mokra hrana je svježa.

• svjež: fresh
• mokra hrana: wet food

Questions & Answers about Mokra hrana je svježa.

Why do mokra and svježa both end in -a?

Because they both agree with hrana.

In Croatian, adjectives must match the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

Hrana is:

• feminine
• singular
• here, nominative

So the adjectives also appear in the feminine singular nominative form:

• mokra = wet
• svježa = fresh

That is why you do not get mokar hrana or svjež hrana.

What is the dictionary form of mokra and svježa?

The dictionary form is usually the masculine singular form.

So:

• mokar = wet
• svjež = fresh

In this sentence they change to the feminine forms because of hrana:

• mokar → mokra
• svjež → svježa

A quick pattern:

• masculine: mokar, svjež
• feminine: mokra, svježa
• neuter: mokro, svježe