Posle krađe banka je poništila karticu.

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Breakdown of Posle krađe banka je poništila karticu.

• banka: bank
• posle: after
• kartica: card

Questions & Answers about Posle krađe banka je poništila karticu.

Why is it posle krađe and not posle krađa?

Because posle means after and it normally requires the genitive case in Serbian.

• dictionary form: krađa = theft
• genitive singular: krađe

So:

• posle krađe = after the theft

This is a very common pattern:

• posle ručka = after lunch
• posle škole = after school
• posle nesreće = after the accident

So the ending changes because the noun has to go into the case required by posle.

What case is krađe here?

It is genitive singular.

The base noun is krađa, a feminine noun. In this sentence, it appears after posle, so it changes to the genitive form krađe.

A learner-friendly breakdown:

• nominative: krađa
• genitive: krađe

So krađe is not a different word; it is just the form of krađa used in this grammatical environment.

Why is there no word for the before banka or karticu?

Because Serbian does not have articles like English and .