Ovaj posao traži puno strpljenja.

job

Breakdown of Ovaj posao traži puno strpljenja.

• ovaj: this
• strpljenje: patience
• puno: a lot

Questions & Answers about Ovaj posao traži puno strpljenja.

Why is it ovaj posao?

Because ovaj must agree with posao in gender, number, and case.

• posao = a masculine singular noun
• here it is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative
• the masculine singular nominative form of this is ovaj

So:

• ovaj posao = this job

Other forms would appear in other cases, for example:

• ovog posla = of this job
• o ovom poslu = about this job

What case is posao in?

Posao is in the nominative singular.

In this sentence, ovaj posao is the subject:

• Ovaj posao traži puno strpljenja.

A useful way to think about it is:

• What requires a lot of patience?
  This job does.

That makes ovaj posao the subject, so nominative is used.

Why does traži mean requires here? I thought tražiti meant to look for.