Learn Hardcore Croatian: Djevojčica još ne zna sama zavezati vezice na tenisicama. - The girl still doesn’t know how to tie the laces on her sneakers by herself.

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Djevojčica još ne zna sama zavezati vezice na tenisicama.

Meaning

The girl still doesn’t know how to tie the laces on her sneakers by herself.

Part of speech

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Breakdown of Djevojčica još ne zna sama zavezati vezice na tenisicama.

Why is djevojčica in this form?

Djevojčica is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative singular.

So this sentence is about the little girl doing or not doing something.

What does još mean here?

Here još means still.

So:

It adds the idea that this may change later. She does not know how yet.

A very natural English translation would be:

Why is it ne zna and not ne može?