Potraga još traje.

The search is still ongoing.

Breakdown of Potraga još traje.

• još: still
• trajati: to go on
• potraga: search

Questions & Answers about Potraga još traje.

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

Potraga means search, hunt, or sometimes manhunt, depending on context.

It is:

• feminine
• singular
• here used in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence

So in Potraga još traje, potraga is the search / the search operation.

Why is potraga in the nominative case?

It is in the nominative because it is the thing that does the verb in the sentence—the grammatical subject.

In:

• Potraga još traje. = The search is still going on.

the subject is potraga, and the verb is traje.

Croatian uses the nominative for the subject, just like dictionary forms of nouns.

What does još mean here?