Nakon nevremena potok je postao mutan i brz.

After the storm the stream became muddy and fast.

Breakdown of Nakon nevremena potok je postao mutan i brz.

• biti: to be
• i: and
• nakon: after
• brz: fast

Questions & Answers about Nakon nevremena potok je postao mutan i brz.

Why is it nevremena and not nevrijeme?

Because nakon requires the genitive case, and the noun’s dictionary form is nevrijeme. Its genitive singular is nevremena.

So:

• nevrijeme = nominative singular
• nevremena = genitive singular

This noun belongs to the vrijeme type, where the form changes more than an English speaker might expect.

What case does nakon take?

Nakon means after, and it takes the genitive.

So:

• nakon nevremena = after the storm / after the bad weather

This is something you simply need to memorize with the preposition:

• nakon + genitive

What tense is je postao?

It is the perfect tense, which is the normal past tense used in everyday Croatian.

It is made from:

• je = auxiliary from biti (to be)
• postao = past participle of postati (to become)

So potok je postao means the stream became / has become.