Ovaj veliki kofer ne stane u prtljažnik.

This big suitcase doesn’t fit in the trunk.

Breakdown of Ovaj veliki kofer ne stane u prtljažnik.

• velik: big
• ne: not
• u: in
• ovaj: this

Questions & Answers about Ovaj veliki kofer ne stane u prtljažnik.

Why is it ovaj veliki kofer?

Because ovaj and veliki both have to agree with kofer.

In Croatian, demonstratives and adjectives match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, kofer is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

So you get:

• ovaj = this for a masculine singular nominative noun
• veliki = big in the same form

Compare:

• ova velika torba = this big bag
• ovo veliko vozilo = this big vehicle

How do I know that kofer is masculine?

A very common clue is the ending.

Most Croatian nouns that end in a consonant are masculine, and kofer ends in -r.

That is why it takes masculine forms:

• ovaj
• veliki

This is only a rule of thumb, but it works very often.

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