Naš tim je postigao dobar rezultat.

to be

Breakdown of Naš tim je postigao dobar rezultat.

• dobar: good
• naš: our
• tim: team

Questions & Answers about Naš tim je postigao dobar rezultat.

Why do we need je postigao instead of just one past‑tense verb like in English?

Croatian doesn’t have a single “simple past” form like English achieved that is used in everyday speech.
Instead, it normally uses:

• the present of biti (je = “is”)
• a past participle (postigao)

So je postigao literally is “has achieved”, but in normal usage it usually corresponds to English simple past “achieved”.

This combination is called the perfect tense and is the usual way to talk about finished past actions in modern Croatian.

What is the infinitive of postigao, and how would I say “Our team achieves a good result”?

The infinitive is postići (to achieve).

The present tense, 3rd person singular, is postigne.

• Naš tim postiže dobar rezultat. = “Our team achieves a good result.” (habitually / generally)

So:

• je postigao = “achieved” (completed event in the past)
• postiže = “achieves / is achieving” (present, ongoing or habitual)

Why is it postigao (masculine) and not something else? What is it agreeing with?

Postigao is a past participle and must agree with the subject in:

• gender (masculine / feminine / neuter)
• (singular / plural)