Word
Polica koja je u kutu je iznad stola.
Meaning
The shelf which is in the corner is above the table.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Polica koja je u kutu je iznad stola.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
stol
table
u
in, into
koji
which
Questions & Answers about Polica koja je u kutu je iznad stola.
Why does the word for table change to stola here?
This is because of the preposition iznad (above). Spatial prepositions like iznad, ispod (below), and ispred (in front of) require the noun that follows them to be in the genitive case. The dictionary form of the word is stol, and its genitive form is stola.
Why do we use koja for 'which' instead of koji?
Just as a reminder, why is it u kutu and not u kut?
The preposition u takes the locative case when describing a fixed location (answering 'where?'). Since the shelf is simply sitting in the corner, the masculine noun kut takes the locative ending -u to become kutu. If there were movement into the corner, we would use the accusative case (u kut).
Why are there two je's in this sentence?