Questions & Answers about Marina je blizu našeg hotela.
What does je mean here?
Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of biti (to be).
So in this sentence, je means is.
- Marina je ... = Marina is ...
- Hotel je ... = The hotel is ...
It is a very common little word in Croatian.
Why is it našeg hotela and not naš hotel?
Because blizu normally goes with the genitive case.
So after blizu (near), the noun phrase changes form:
- naš hotel = nominative
- našeg hotela = genitive
That is why Croatian says:
- blizu našeg hotela
not
- blizu naš hotel
English does not show this kind of case change, but Croatian does.
What case is našeg hotela?