Moja vrijedna sestra ustaje rano kad čuje budilicu.

My hardworking sister gets up early when she hears the alarm clock.

Breakdown of Moja vrijedna sestra ustaje rano kad čuje budilicu.

• moj: my
• sestra: sister
• kad: when
• rano: early

Questions & Answers about Moja vrijedna sestra ustaje rano kad čuje budilicu.

What exactly does vrijedna mean here? In the dictionary it’s often “valuable”.

In this sentence vrijedna means hard‑working, diligent, not valuable in the money sense.

Croatian vrijedan / vrijedna / vrijedno has two main meanings:

1. valuable – having a high value or price
   
   • vrijedna slika = a valuable painting
2. hard‑working, diligent – someone who works a lot and seriously
   
   • vrijedna sestra = a hard‑working sister

You choose the meaning from context. With sestra (sister), the natural reading is “hard‑working sister.”

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Why is it vrijedn*a and not vrijedn*o or vrijedn*an?