Prijaviću kvar stanodavcu.

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Breakdown of Prijaviću kvar stanodavcu.

• prijaviti: to report
• kvar: fault or malfunction

Questions & Answers about Prijaviću kvar stanodavcu.

What does Prijaviću mean, and why is it written as one word?

Prijaviću means I will report.

It is made from:

• prijaviti = to report (perfective verb)
• ću = I will

In Serbian, the future tense is often formed with the short form of hteti (ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će) plus the infinitive. With many verbs, especially in standard written Serbian, ću attaches to the infinitive stem and becomes one written word:

• prijaviti + ću → prijaviću

So this is just a normal future-tense form meaning I will report.

Why is the verb prijaviti used here instead of another verb for report?

Prijaviti is a very common verb for to report, especially when you mean reporting a problem, fault, incident, complaint, or person to some authority or responsible person.

In this sentence:

• prijaviti kvar = to report a fault / malfunction

This sounds natural for things like:

• a broken appliance
• a plumbing problem
• a heating issue
• damage in an apartment

Because prijaviti is perfective, it focuses on the completed act of reporting: I will make the report.

Why is kvar in that form? Shouldn't there be an article like the fault or a fault?