Questions & Answers about Moram završiti zadaću.
How do you form "must finish" in this sentence?
You use the present tense of the modal verb morati (must / to have to) followed by the infinitive (the dictionary form) of the main verb. Here, moram is the "I" form, and it is followed directly by the infinitive završiti (to finish).
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
The pronoun ja (I) is left out because the verb ending already tells us who is acting. The -m at the end of moram means "I must". In Croatian, it is very common to drop subject pronouns unless you want to add special emphasis.
Why is the word for homework zadaću instead of its dictionary form zadaća?
Zadaća is a feminine noun ending in -a. Because it is the direct object of the sentence (the thing being finished), it takes the accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -a, that means changing the final -a to -u.
The English translation says "my homework," but is there a word for "my" in the Croatian sentence?
No, there isn't! In English, we usually specify "my homework", but in Croatian, possessive words like moju (my) are often dropped when it's obvious from the context. Since you said moram (I must), it's naturally assumed you are finishing your own homework.
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