Breakdown of One naočale na stolu su moje.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
stol
table
na
on, at / to, onto (with motion) / about (thinking about)
moj
my
onaj
that (over there) / the one (who)
naočale
glasses
Questions & Answers about One naočale na stolu su moje.
Why does this sentence use one instead of te for "those"?
One is the feminine plural form of onaj, which means "that/those over there" (far from both the speaker and the listener). If the glasses were near the person you are talking to, you would use te (the feminine plural of taj).
I learned that one means "they" (for a group of women). Why does it mean "those" here?
You are right! However, one is also the feminine plural form of the demonstrative pronoun onaj (that one over there). Because naočale (glasses) is a feminine plural noun, it takes the feminine plural pronoun one.
Why is the word for "mine" moje instead of moj or moja?
Why is it na stolu and not na stol?
Because the glasses are resting in a fixed location. When the preposition na (on) describes a static location, it takes the locative case, which adds the -u ending to the masculine noun stol. If you were talking about movement, like putting the glasses onto the table, you would use the accusative case na stol.
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