Park je dalje od moje kuće nego škola.

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Breakdown of Park je dalje od moje kuće nego škola.

• kuća: house
• škola: school
• moj: my

Questions & Answers about Park je dalje od moje kuće nego škola.

Why is škola in the nominative, not škole?

Because nego škola is a shortened comparison clause, not an od + genitive phrase.

The full idea is:

Park je dalje od moje kuće nego što je škola (od moje kuće).

So škola is really the subject of an implied clause, and subjects stay in the nominative.

If you used škole, it would suggest a different structure, and here it would sound wrong.

Why is it od moje kuće, not od moja kuća?

Because od requires the genitive case.

The basic form is:

• moja kuća = my house nominative

After od, it becomes:

• od moje kuće = from my house

Both words change because Serbian adjectives and possessives must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

Why do we need both od and nego in the same sentence?

They do two different jobs:

• od moje kuće = gives the reference point for distance: from my house
• nego škola = gives the second item in the comparison: than the school

So the sentence means roughly: