Breakdown of Sljedeći tjedan imam važan ispit iz hrvatskog.
imati
to have
hrvatski
Croatian
važan
important
iz
from
Questions & Answers about Sljedeći tjedan imam važan ispit iz hrvatskog.
What is the word-by-word breakdown of Sljedeći tjedan imam važan ispit iz hrvatskog?
Here’s the rough word-for-word structure:
- Sljedeći – next (adjective, masculine singular, nominative)
tjedan – week (noun, masculine singular, nominative)
→ Together: Sljedeći tjedan = next weekimam – I have (1st person singular, present tense of imati = to have)
- važan – important (adjective, masculine singular, accusative form, which for masc. inanimate looks like nominative)
ispit – exam (noun, masculine singular, accusative; identical to nominative for inanimate masculine nouns)
→ Together: važan ispit = an important exam- iz – from / in (the subject of) – here it means in (a school subject) and governs the genitive case
- hrvatskog – Croatian (language) in the genitive masculine singular (short for hrvatskog jezika)
Literal-style gloss:
Next week I-have important exam from-Croatian.
Natural English: Next week I have an important Croatian exam / an important exam in Croatian.
Why is it Sljedeći tjedan and not something like Sljedećeg tjedna? What case is used for “next week”?