Word
Prilagodba počinje nakon karantene.
Meaning
The adjustment starts after quarantine.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Prilagodba počinje nakon karantene.
početi
to start
nakon
after
karantena
quarantine
prilagodba
adaptation; adjustment
Questions & Answers about Prilagodba počinje nakon karantene.
Why is it nakon karantene and not nakon karantena?
Because nakon is a preposition that requires the genitive case in Croatian.
- Base form: karantena = quarantine
- After nakon = after
- Genitive singular: karantene
So:
- nakon karantene = after the quarantine / after quarantine
This is a very common pattern:
- nakon škole = after school
- nakon sastanka = after the meeting
- nakon ručka = after lunch
So the important thing to remember is: nakon + genitive.
What case is prilagodba in?
Prilagodba is in the nominative singular.
In this sentence, it is the subject, the thing that begins:
- Prilagodba = the adaptation / adjustment
- počinje = begins
So the structure is basically:
- Prilagodba → subject
- počinje → verb
- nakon karantene → time expression
Because it is the subject, Croatian uses the nominative form.
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