Word
Šaljem joj poruke svaki dan, ali sutra ću joj poslati dobru vijest.
Meaning
I send her messages every day, but tomorrow I will send her good news.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Šaljem joj poruke svaki dan, ali sutra ću joj poslati dobru vijest.
ona
she
ali
but (strong contrast)
dobar
good
dan
day
Questions & Answers about Šaljem joj poruke svaki dan, ali sutra ću joj poslati dobru vijest.
Why use šaljem (from slati) in the first half, but poslati in the second half?
They are an aspectual pair for the verb to send. slati is imperfective, used for repeated actions like sending messages svaki dan (every day). poslati is perfective, used for a single completed action, like sending the news sutra (tomorrow).
Why does the present tense of slati start with šalj- instead of sl-?
The verb slati has an irregular present tense. The consonants soften, turning the s into š and the l into lj, giving us šaljem, šalješ, and so on. The perfective form poslati does the exact same thing in its present tense: pošaljem.
Why is the word joj (to her) placed after šaljem in the first part, but after ću in the second part?
joj is a clitic, an unstressed word that must sit in the second position of its clause. In the first clause, šaljem is the first word, so joj is second. In the second clause, sutra is in the first position. Next come the clitics in a strict order: the verb clitic ću always comes before the pronoun clitic joj.
What case is dobru vijest (good news) in?