Questions & Answers about Priroda oko sela je tiha i lijepa.
Which word is the subject, which is the verb, and which are adjectives in this sentence?
- Subject (who/what the sentence is about): priroda (nature)
- Adverbial phrase (where?): oko sela (around the village)
- Verb (linking verb “to be”): je (is)
- Predicate adjectives (describing the subject): tiha (quiet) and lijepa (beautiful)
So the structure is essentially:
[Subject] [location] [verb “to be”] [adjectives]
Priroda oko sela je tiha i lijepa.
Nature around the village is quiet and beautiful.
Why is it sela and not selo after oko?
Selo is the basic (nominative) form of the noun (village).
In this sentence, you see sela because of case:
- oko (around) is a preposition that always takes the genitive case.
- The genitive singular of selo is sela.
So:
- Nominative: selo – the village
- Genitive: sela – of the village
oko sela literally means , which is how Croatian expresses “around the village”.