Vještica živi drugdje.

to live

Breakdown of Vještica živi drugdje.

• drugdje: elsewhere
• vještica: a witch

Questions & Answers about Vještica živi drugdje.

What case is vještica in, and why?

Vještica is in the nominative singular.

That is because it is the subject of the sentence — the person/thing doing the action. In Vještica živi drugdje, the witch is the one who lives.

A quick breakdown:

• vještica = nominative singular, the witch / a witch
• dictionary form: vještica

Because Croatian uses cases, the form of a noun changes depending on its role in the sentence. Here, as the subject, it stays in the nominative.

Why is there no word for the or a?

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

So vještica can mean:

• a witch
• the witch

The exact meaning depends on context.

For example:

• Vještica živi drugdje. = A witch lives elsewhere or The witch lives elsewhere

If the context already makes it clear which witch you mean, English might use the, but Croatian usually just leaves the noun without an article.

Why is the verb živi and not živjeti?