Breakdown of Danas jedemo juhu od domaćeg povrća.
danas
today
jesti
to eat
povrće
vegetables
juha
soup
od
from
domaći
local
Questions & Answers about Danas jedemo juhu od domaćeg povrća.
Why does domaćeg end in -eg instead of -og?
Domaćeg is in the genitive case because it follows the preposition od (from/of). For masculine and neuter adjectives, the standard genitive ending is -og. However, because the stem of domaći ends in a soft consonant (ć), the ending changes to -eg.
The English translation says vegetables (plural), but povrća and domaćeg seem to be singular. Why?
In Croatian, povrće (vegetables) is a collective noun. Even though it refers to multiple items, it is grammatically treated as a neuter singular noun. Because of this, the adjective describing it, domaćeg, must also be in the neuter singular form.
Why do we use od here?
When describing what a dish or drink is made of, Croatian commonly uses the preposition od (from/of) followed by the genitive case. So, vegetable soup is literally expressed as juha od povrća (soup of vegetables).
Why is the word for soup spelled juhu instead of juha?
The dictionary form is juha, which is a feminine noun. Because it is the direct object of the verb jedemo (we are eating), it must take the accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -a, the accusative ending is -u.
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