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Questions & Answers about Tijekom nestanka struje upalit ćemo svijeću i uzeti šibice.
Why is it tijekom nestanka struje? What case is that?
After tijekom (during), Croatian normally uses the genitive case.
So:
- tijekom = during
- nestanak = outage / disappearance
- nestanka = genitive singular of nestanak
- struja = electricity / electric current
- struje = genitive singular of struja
That gives:
- tijekom nestanka struje = during a power outage
A useful thing to notice is that nestanak struje literally means something like the disappearance of electricity.
What exactly does nestanak struje mean? Is it a standard way to say power outage?
Yes, nestanak struje is a very common and natural Croatian expression for power outage / blackout.
Literally:
- nestanak = disappearance
- struje = of electricity
So the phrase means the loss/disappearance of electricity.
Other expressions exist, such as:
- prekid struje = interruption of electricity
- nestanak električne energije = loss of electrical energy
But nestanak struje is one of the most everyday and common ways to say it.