Breakdown of Jeste li vozili auto prekjučer?
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
li
question particle
auto
car (short form)
prekjučer
the day before yesterday
voziti
to drive / to ride (a snowboard, skis)
Questions & Answers about Jeste li vozili auto prekjučer?
Why does the question start with Jeste li?
To make a yes/no question in the past tense, you start with the long form of the helper verb biti (to be), followed by the question word li. Here, jeste is the formal or plural "you" form.
Why does the main verb vozili end in -li?
Why doesn't the word auto change its ending, since it's the direct object?
Auto is indeed in the accusative case because it is the object being driven. However, for masculine nouns that are non-living (inanimate) like a car, the accusative form is exactly the same as the dictionary form.
I recognize jučer (yesterday) inside the word prekjučer. How does this word work?
The prefix prek- comes from preko which means "across" or "over". So prekjučer literally means "over yesterday," giving us the meaning "the day before yesterday".
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