Učiteljica svaki dan otvara prozor u učionici.

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Breakdown of Učiteljica svaki dan otvara prozor u učionici.

• svaki: every
• dan: day
• učiteljica: teacher

Questions & Answers about Učiteljica svaki dan otvara prozor u učionici.

What does učiteljica mean, and is it gender-specific?

Učiteljica means (female) teacher.

In Croatian:

• učitelj = male teacher (or grammatically masculine form)
• učiteljica = female teacher

The ending -ica is a common feminine ending (e.g. student → studentica, pjevač → pjevačica).

English teacher is gender-neutral, but in Croatian you normally choose the masculine or feminine form depending on the actual person’s gender.

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Why is the verb otvara used here, and not otvori or something like otvaram?

The base verb is otvarati (imperfective, “to open / to be opening / to open repeatedly”).

Otvara is:

• present tense
• 3rd person singular (he/she/it)

So učiteljica otvara = the teacher (she) opens / is opening.

It’s used here because:

• The action is habitual (every day), and
• Croatian uses the imperfective aspect for repeated, ongoing actions.

Otvori comes from otvoriti (perfective, “to open once, to finish opening”).

• otvori can be 3rd person singular future (in the future compound form) or imperative (“open!”), but you would not use it for a general daily habit.

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