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Ove traperice su udobne, ali mi je remen malo širok.
Meaning
These jeans are comfortable, but the belt is a little too wide for me.
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Breakdown of Ove traperice su udobne, ali mi je remen malo širok.
biti
to be
ali
but
mi
me (dative short form)
ove
these
Questions & Answers about Ove traperice su udobne, ali mi je remen malo širok.
Why is it ove traperice and not some other form of ovaj?
Because traperice is a feminine plural noun, so the demonstrative must agree with it.
- ovaj = this / these
- feminine plural nominative = ove
So:
- ove traperice = these jeans
A useful thing to remember is that traperice is normally used only in the plural in Croatian, just like jeans in English.
Why is traperice plural if it refers to one item of clothing?
Croatian treats traperice as a plural-only noun (called pluralia tantum). Even though it refers to one pair of jeans, grammatically it behaves as plural.
That is why you get:
- ove traperice
- traperice su
- udobne
This is similar to English these jeans are comfortable, not this jeans is comfortable.
Why is it su udobne and not je udobna?