Word
Zdrava hrana kao što je voće i povrće sada joj je važnija od sladoleda.
Meaning
Healthy food such as fruit and vegetables is now more important to her than ice cream.
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Breakdown of Zdrava hrana kao što je voće i povrće sada joj je važnija od sladoleda.
biti
to be
sada
now
i
and
od
than
Questions & Answers about Zdrava hrana kao što je voće i povrće sada joj je važnija od sladoleda.
What does joj mean here, and why is it placed between sada and je?
Joj means “to her / for her”.
Grammatically:
- it is the dative singular of the 3rd‑person feminine pronoun ona (“she”)
- unstressed/clitic form: joj (stressed form: njoj)
The structure nešto je važno nekome = “something is important to someone”:
- Zdrava hrana je važna njoj. = Healthy food is important to her.
- Neutral clitic version: Zdrava hrana joj je važna.
Croatian clitic pronouns (mi, ti, mu, joj, nam, vam, im, je, ga, se, …) like joj and the verb je (“is”) must stand very early in the sentence, usually right after the first stressed word or phrase (“second position” rule).
That’s why we get:
- Sada joj je važnija…
not Sada je joj važnija…
Other natural orders:
- Zdrava hrana joj je sada važnija od sladoleda.
- Sada joj je zdrava hrana važnija od sladoleda.
Why is it važnija and not something like važniji, važnije, or više važna?
The base adjective is važan = “important”.
Its regular comparative forms are:
- masculine: važniji
- feminine: važnija
- neuter: