Breakdown of Otkad smo priključili novi zvučnik, glazba u učionici zvuči puno bolje.
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Questions & Answers about Otkad smo priključili novi zvučnik, glazba u učionici zvuči puno bolje.
What does otkad mean here?
Otkad means since or ever since when it introduces a clause.
In this sentence, it sets the starting point for a situation that continues into the present:
- first, we connected the new speaker
- from that time onward, the music sounds better
You may also see:
- od kada — a more separated form
- otkako — another common variant
All can mean something like since / ever since depending on context.
Why is there a comma after zvučnik?
The part beginning with Otkad... is a subordinate clause. Croatian normally separates that kind of clause with a comma, especially when it comes before the main clause.
So the structure is:
- Otkad smo priključili novi zvučnik, = subordinate time clause
- glazba u učionici zvuči puno bolje. = main clause
If you reversed the order, you would usually still use a comma:
- Glazba u učionici zvuči puno bolje otkad smo priključili novi zvučnik.
Why is it smo priključili? What tense is that?
Smo priključili is the perfect tense, the most common past tense in everyday Croatian.
It is formed with:
- a present-tense form of ()