Word
To je zvučalo nespretno.
Meaning
That sounded awkward.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of To je zvučalo nespretno.
biti
to be
to
it (demonstrative, neuter)
zvučati
to sound
nespretno
awkwardly; clumsily
Questions & Answers about To je zvučalo nespretno.
What does to mean here?
To is the neuter singular form of that / it / this, depending on context.
In this sentence, it usually refers to something just mentioned or something understood from the situation, for example a comment, phrase, explanation, or idea.
So to is not a dummy subject like English it in every case; it usually points to a specific thing.
Why is je used here?
Je is the 3rd person singular present form of biti (to be) and here it functions as the auxiliary verb for the Croatian past tense, called the perfect.
So the structure is:
- to = subject
- je = auxiliary
- zvučalo = past participle
This is the normal way to form the past tense in Croatian:
- To je zvučalo... = That/it sounded...
Why is it zvučalo and not some other form?