Prodavac čuva garanciju.

The seller keeps the warranty safe.

Breakdown of Prodavac čuva garanciju.

• prodavac: seller or shop assistant
• garancija: a warranty
• čuvati: to keep safe; guard

Questions & Answers about Prodavac čuva garanciju.

Why is garanciju ending in -u instead of garancija?

Because garanciju is the direct object of the verb čuva.

The dictionary form is garancija. But in this sentence it has to be in the accusative singular:

• garancija = nominative singular
• garanciju = accusative singular

This happens with many feminine nouns ending in -a:

• knjiga → knjigu
• torba → torbu
• garancija → garanciju

So Prodavac čuva garanciju literally has:

• Prodavac = subject
• čuva = verb
• garanciju = object

What form is čuva?

Čuva is the 3rd person singular present tense of čuvati.

So it means:

• he/she/it keeps
• he/she/it is keeping
• depending on context, even protects, holds onto, or stores

In this sentence, the subject is prodavac, so čuva means:

• the seller keeps
• the seller is keeping

Why isn’t there a word for the or a?