Mesnica u susjednoj ulici je otvorena rano.

to be

Breakdown of Mesnica u susjednoj ulici je otvorena rano.

• u: in
• otvoren: open
• rano: early

Questions & Answers about Mesnica u susjednoj ulici je otvorena rano.

What does mesnica mean, and what kind of noun is it?

Mesnica means butcher’s shop or butcher’s.

Grammatically, it is:

• a feminine noun
• singular
• in the nominative case here, because it is the subject of the sentence

That is why other words in the sentence match it as feminine singular.

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Why is it otvorena and not otvoren?

Because otvorena has to agree with mesnica.

In Croatian, adjectives and adjective-like forms agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• sometimes case

Since mesnica is feminine singular, the form is:

• masculine: otvoren
• feminine: otvorena
• neuter: otvoreno

So mesnica je otvorena = the butcher’s shop is open.

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Why do we say u susjednoj ulici?