Word
To putovanje će biti važno iskustvo za cijelu obitelj.
Meaning
That trip will be an important experience for the whole family.
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Breakdown of To putovanje će biti važno iskustvo za cijelu obitelj.
biti
to be
važan
important
obitelj
family
htjeti
will (future auxiliary)
Questions & Answers about To putovanje će biti važno iskustvo za cijelu obitelj.
Why is it to putovanje and not something like ovo putovanje?
Croatian has several demonstratives that all translate roughly as this/that:
- ovo putovanje – this trip (close to the speaker, “this one here”)
- to putovanje – that trip (often “the one we’re talking about” or somewhat neutral)
- ono putovanje – that trip over there / that (more distant) trip
In everyday speech, to is very commonly used for something already known from context or previously mentioned. So To putovanje is like saying That trip (we’ve been talking about).
You could say Ovo putovanje će biti važno iskustvo…, and it would be correct, just slightly more like This trip will be… instead of That trip will be…. The grammar is the same; only the nuance of “this/that” changes.
What gender is putovanje, and how can I tell?