Njena kćer je hrabra kada govori hrvatski pred razredom.

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Breakdown of Njena kćer je hrabra kada govori hrvatski pred razredom.

• hrvatski: Croatian
• njen: her
• govoriti: to speak

Questions & Answers about Njena kćer je hrabra kada govori hrvatski pred razredom.

Why is it njena kćer and not njezin kćer or njezina kćer?

Njena, njezin, and njezina all correspond to English her (possessive).

• Njena is the short, very common spoken form.
• Njezina is the full feminine form (also very common, especially in writing).
• Njezin is the masculine/neuter form.

The word kćer (daughter) is grammatically feminine, so the possessive has to be feminine too:

• njena kćer = her daughter
• njezina kćer = her daughter (a bit more formal / full form)

Njezin kćer is wrong, because njezin is masculine/neuter, and it doesn’t agree in gender with kćer.

Is kćer feminine or masculine? How does that affect hrabra?

Kćer (also kći) is grammatically feminine, even though it does not end in -a like many feminine nouns.

Because it is feminine, any adjective that describes it must also be feminine:

• kćer je hrabra = the daughter is brave (feminine)
• If it were masculine, you would say hrabar:
  
  • sin je hrabar = the son is brave

So hrabra is in the feminine singular nominative form, agreeing with kćer.