Koji tip poruke želiš?

to want

Breakdown of Koji tip poruke želiš?

• poruka: message
• koji: which
• tip: guy; kind

Questions & Answers about Koji tip poruke želiš?

What does koji mean here, and why is it koji?

Koji means which or what kind of, depending on context.

In this sentence, koji agrees with tip, which is a masculine singular noun. That is why the form is koji.

Some related forms are:

• koji = masculine singular
• koja = feminine singular
• koje = neuter singular

So Koji tip poruke želiš? literally works like Which type of message do you want?

Why is it tip poruke and not just tip poruka?

Because Croatian often expresses type of something by using:

• a noun
• followed by another noun in the genitive case

So:

• tip = type
• poruka = message
• poruke = of message / of a message in the genitive singular

That means tip poruke literally means type of message.

This is a very common pattern in Croatian:

• čaša vode = glass of water
• boja auta = color of the car
• vrsta hrane = kind of food

Is singular or plural here?