Questions & Answers about Podrum je jučer očišćen i sada je čist.
Why does the sentence use je očišćen instead of something like očistio je?
Je očišćen is a passive form:
- Podrum je jučer očišćen. = The basement was cleaned yesterday.
If you said očistio je, that would be active voice and would need a subject:
- On je jučer očistio podrum. = He cleaned the basement yesterday.
So:
- je očišćen = was cleaned (focus on the basement and the result),
- je očistio = cleaned (focus on who did the action).
What grammatical form is očišćen, and how is it formed?
Očišćen is a passive past participle of the verb očistiti (to clean completely).
Pattern (for many verbs ending in -iti):
- infinitive: očistiti
- passive participle, masculine singular: očišćen
- feminine singular: očišćena
- neuter singular: očišćeno
- masculine plural: očišćeni, etc.
Combined with the verb biti (to be), it makes the passive:
- Podrum je očišćen. = The basement is/was cleaned.