Learn Hardcore Croatian: Profesorica kaže da je u rečenici "Ana čita" subjekt Ana, a predikat čita. - The professor says that in the sentence “Ana reads,” the subject is Ana and the predicate is reads.

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Profesorica kaže da je u rečenici "Ana čita" subjekt Ana, a predikat čita.

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The professor says that in the sentence “Ana reads,” the subject is Ana and the predicate is reads.

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Breakdown of Profesorica kaže da je u rečenici "Ana čita" subjekt Ana, a predikat čita.

Why is profesorica used instead of profesor?

Profesorica is the feminine form, so it tells you the teacher/professor is female.

Croatian often marks grammatical gender directly in nouns like this.

What form is kaže?

Kaže is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb kazati or reći, meaning says.

So Profesorica kaže means The female teacher says.

Croatian usually does not need a separate subject pronoun like she, because the verb ending already shows person and number.

What does da mean here?

Here da means that and introduces a subordinate clause.

So the structure is:

This is very common in Croatian after verbs like say, think, know, and see.

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