Word
Polaznik pohađa kurs.
Meaning
The participant attends the course.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Polaznik pohađa kurs.
kurs
a course
polaznik
a course participant; learner
pohađati
to attend regularly
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Questions & Answers about Polaznik pohađa kurs.
What exactly does polaznik mean here?
Polaznik means attendee, participant, enrollee, or course participant. In this sentence, it refers to a person who is taking or attending a course.
It is a masculine singular noun.
If you were talking about a female participant, you would normally say polaznica.
Examples:
- Polaznik pohađa kurs. = The participant attends/is taking a course.
- Polaznica pohađa kurs. = The female participant attends/is taking a course.
Why is the verb pohađa used here?
Pohađa is the 3rd person singular present tense of pohađati.
So:
- ja pohađam = I attend
- ti pohađaš = you attend
- on/ona pohađa = he/she attends
It is used for something a person regularly attends or is currently taking, such as:
- kurs = a course
- školu = school
- nastavu = classes/instruction
So Polaznik pohađa kurs is literally The participant attends a course.
Why is kurs in that form? Shouldn't it change?
Kurs is the direct object of the verb pohađa, so it is in the .