Questions & Answers about Danas je vjetar jači nego jučer.
Why is there no word for “the” before vjetar? In English we say “the wind”, but in Croatian it’s just vjetar.
Croatian doesn’t use articles (a, an, the) at all.
Whether something is definite or indefinite is normally clear from:
- context
- word order
- additional words (this, that, some, etc.)
So:
- vjetar can mean wind, a wind, or the wind, depending on context.
In this sentence, Danas je vjetar jači nego jučer, the context makes it clear we mean “the wind (today)”.
What part of speech are danas and jučer? Are they nouns, like “today” and “yesterday” in English sometimes are?
In this sentence:
- danas = today
- jučer = yesterday
Both are adverbs of time in Croatian, not nouns here.
They answer the question “when?”:
- When is the wind stronger? → danas
- Stronger than when? → nego jučer
They don’t take cases or prepositions in this use, just like English today/yesterday usually don’t need “on” (on yesterday is wrong).
Can the word order be “Vjetar je danas jači nego jučer” instead? Is there a difference?