Word
Šef misli da bi bilo dobro da radimo mirnije i bez stresa.
Meaning
The boss thinks it would be good if we worked more calmly and without stress.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Šef misli da bi bilo dobro da radimo mirnije i bez stresa.
biti
to be
dobar
good
i
and
raditi
to work
Questions & Answers about Šef misli da bi bilo dobro da radimo mirnije i bez stresa.
Why does the sentence use “bi bilo” and not just one word? What is “bi” and what is “bilo” here?
“Bi bilo” is the conditional form of the verb biti (to be).
- bi – the conditional auxiliary (a clitic), used to form the conditional mood.
- bilo – the neuter past participle of biti.
So “bi bilo” together means “would be”.
- Šef misli da bi bilo dobro… = The boss thinks it would be good…
In Croatian, the conditional of biti is usually split this way:
- bih bio, bi bio, bismo bili, etc.
Here it’s impersonal, so you just get bi bilo.
Why is it “bilo” (neuter) and not “bio” (masculine)? There’s a masculine šef in the sentence, right?