Word
On više voli čaj nego kavu.
Meaning
He likes tea more than coffee.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about On više voli čaj nego kavu.
Why is it kavu and not kava?
Because both čaj and kavu are direct objects of voli, and direct objects are in the accusative. Masculine inanimate nouns like čaj have the same nominative and accusative (so it stays čaj), while feminine -a nouns like kava change to kavu in the accusative. After nego, keep the same case you would use without the comparison: think of it as “…voli čaj, (voli) kavu.”
Why doesn’t čaj change form like kava?
It’s a gender-and-declension thing. Čaj is masculine inanimate, whose accusative singular equals the nominative: čaj. Kava is feminine; its accusative singular ends in -u: kavu.
Can I drop the subject On?
Yes. Croatian is a pro‑drop language; the verb ending shows person/number. Više voli čaj nego kavu is perfectly natural if the subject is clear from context.
Where can I put više? Are there word-order alternatives?