Breakdown of Ovaj tjedan ćemo posjetiti novi muzej.
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
nov
new
muzej
museum (m)
ću
will (future auxiliary)
Questions & Answers about Ovaj tjedan ćemo posjetiti novi muzej.
The lesson mentions dropping the '-i' from the infinitive. Why does posjetiti still have its '-i' here?
In Croatian, you only drop the -i when the future tense helper word (like ću, ćeš, ćemo) attaches to the end of the infinitive. Because this sentence starts with Ovaj tjedan, the helper ćemo takes the second position. Since ćemo comes before the verb posjetiti, the verb keeps its final -i.
Why is it ćemo instead of ću or će?
Ćemo is the "we" form of the future tense helper verb. It translates to "we will". Since the sentence means "we will visit", we use ćemo alongside the infinitive posjetiti.
Both tjedan and muzej are masculine nouns. Why don't their endings change if they are the objects of the sentence?
They are actually in the accusative case, which is used for direct objects (the museum) and time phrases (this week). However, for non-living masculine nouns, the accusative case looks exactly the same as the dictionary form. If you were visiting a living thing, like a brother (brat), its ending would change to brata.
Why does Ovaj tjedan mean "this week" without a preposition like "in" or "for"?
In Croatian, you often just use the accusative case by itself for time expressions to say when something happens. Phrases like Ovaj tjedan (this week) or sljedeći vikend (next weekend) don't need an extra preposition to make sense.