Breakdown of Sudjeluješ li u zajednici?
li
question particle
u
in, into
sudjelovati
to participate
zajednica
community
Questions & Answers about Sudjeluješ li u zajednici?
I see sudjeluješ ends in -eš. Is the infinitive sudjelovati?
Exactly! This is an -ovati verb. In the present tense, verbs ending in -ovati drop that ending and add -uj- before the personal endings (-em, -eš, -e, etc.). So, sudjelovati drops -ovati and adds -uješ to become sudjeluješ (you participate).
What is the base form of zajednici and what case is used here?
The base form is zajednica (community). The preposition u (in) requires the Locative case here because it describes where the participation is happening. For feminine nouns ending in -a, the Locative ending is -i, which is why it changes to u zajednici.
Could I ask this question using da li instead?
Yes, you could say Da li sudjeluješ u zajednici?. Both forms are used for yes/no questions. However, putting the verb first followed by the particle li (Sudjeluješ li...) is considered more standard and natural in written Croatian.
Is there a trick to remembering the word sudjelovati?
Yes, you can break it apart! It comes from the prefix su- (meaning "co-" or "with") and dio (meaning "part", which often takes the form djel- in longer words). So it literally means "to take part with", which makes perfect sense for the English word "participate".
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