Word
Dogovoreno je da svatko napiše po dvije rečenice za svaki padež.
Meaning
It has been agreed that everyone should write two sentences for each case.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Dogovoreno je da svatko napiše po dvije rečenice za svaki padež.
biti
to be
za
for
da
that
svatko
everyone
Questions & Answers about Dogovoreno je da svatko napiše po dvije rečenice za svaki padež.
What does Dogovoreno je literally mean, and what kind of structure is it?
It literally means It has been agreed or It was agreed.
This is an impersonal, passive-like Croatian structure:
- dogovoreno = past passive participle, neuter singular
- je = is/has auxiliary
There is no stated subject, so English usually adds it: It was agreed...
Croatian uses this kind of wording quite often when the speaker wants to focus on the result of an agreement rather than on who made it.
Why is dogovoreno in the neuter singular?
Because this is an impersonal construction.
In Croatian, when no real subject is named, the participle often appears in neuter singular by default. So dogovoreno je does not mean that some neuter thing was agreed; it is simply the standard way to say it was agreed without naming the people involved.
Why is da used here?