Breakdown of Anđele moj, uvijek ću te voljeti.
ti
you (sg. informal)
uvijek
always
voljeti
to love, to like
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
moj
my
anđeo
angel
Questions & Answers about Anđele moj, uvijek ću te voljeti.
Why is it anđele instead of anđeo?
Anđele is the vocative case, which is used when directly addressing someone. The dictionary form is anđeo (angel). Masculine nouns usually take the ending -e in the vocative. Because anđeo ends in an -o that replaced an older -l, that hidden -l- comes back before adding the -e, creating anđele.
Does the word moj change in the vocative case here?
No, it does not. For masculine singular nouns, the possessive pronoun moj (my) stays exactly the same in the vocative case as it is in the basic dictionary form.
Why is the future tense split up into ću te voljeti instead of voljet ću te?
This is due to enclitics (short, unstressed words) needing to be in the second position of a sentence. Ću (will) and te (you) are both enclitics. Since the adverb uvijek (always) takes the first spot, the enclitics rush in right after it, pushing the main verb voljeti (to love) to the end.
Which case is te?
Te is the short accusative form of ti (you). We use the accusative case here because you are the direct object receiving the action of the verb voljeti (to love).
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