Zemlja u vrtu je mokra poslije kiše.

to be

Breakdown of Zemlja u vrtu je mokra poslije kiše.

• u: in
• kiša: rain
• poslije: after

Questions & Answers about Zemlja u vrtu je mokra poslije kiše.

Why is zemlja used here, and what exactly does it mean?

Zemlja can mean several things in Croatian, including earth, soil, ground, land, or even country, depending on context.

In this sentence, because it says u vrtu and poslije kiše, zemlja clearly means soil/ground.

So here it means something like:

• the soil
• the ground
• the earth (in the sense of dirt, not the planet)

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Why isn’t there a word for the in this sentence?

Croatian does not have articles like English a/an/the.

So zemlja u vrtu je mokra can mean:

• the soil in the garden is wet
• or sometimes just soil in the garden is wet

English usually needs an article, but Croatian does not. Definiteness is understood from context.

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Why is zemlja in this form and not something like zemlju?