Questions & Answers about To je žena s kojom učim hrvatski.
"To je" literally means "That/This is." In Croatian:
- Ovo je = this is (near the speaker)
- To je = that/this is (neutral or mid-distance; very common as a default)
- Ono je = that is (far from both speaker and listener)
All three are correct; choose based on how near/far the referent is or how "neutral" you want to sound. The sentence with any of them is natural: Ovo/To/Ono je žena s kojom učim hrvatski.
žena is nominative singular. After the verb biti (to be), the predicate noun typically stands in the nominative: To je žena. Contrast:
- Accusative (object): Vidim ženu.
- Instrumental (with "with"): Sa ženom / s ženom.
s (with) requires the instrumental case, so the relative pronoun must be in the instrumental to match. Since is feminine singular, the matching instrumental form of is :