Na obrascu trebaš pisati što urednije.

You should write as neatly as possible on the form.

Breakdown of Na obrascu trebaš pisati što urednije.

• trebati: to need
• pisati: to write
• na: on
• obrazac: form

Questions & Answers about Na obrascu trebaš pisati što urednije.

What does na obrascu mean, and why is it na instead of u?

Na obrascu means on the form.

Croatian often uses na with things like forms, lists, documents, and surfaces where something is written or appears. So you write na obrascu, just as you also get expressions like na papiru (on paper).

Here, obrascu is the locative singular of obrazac (form), because na can take the locative when it means location.

So:

• obrazac = form
• na obrascu = on the form

Using u obrascu would usually not sound natural here, because the idea is not really inside the form in a physical sense, but on it / on the document.

Why is it trebaš pisati? What does trebaš do here?