Breakdown of Krevet je u sredini sobe, između police i prozora.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
prozor
window
i
and (additive)
soba
room
u
in, into
krevet
bed
polica
shelf
sredina
middle
između
between
Questions & Answers about Krevet je u sredini sobe, između police i prozora.
Why do we say između police i prozora instead of using the dictionary words polica and prozor?
The preposition između (between) is a spatial preposition that requires the genitive case. Because of this rule, the feminine noun polica (shelf) changes its ending to become police, and the masculine noun prozor (window) adds an -a to become prozora.
Wait, prozora ends in an -a. Does that mean it is a feminine noun?
Not in this case! The noun prozor is actually masculine. The -a at the end of prozora is just the standard genitive case ending for masculine nouns. It happens to look exactly like a feminine dictionary form, which is a very common trap to watch out for.
Why is the word for room, soba, written here as sobe?
It is also in the genitive case. After the phrase u sredini (in the middle), you need the genitive case to express the English idea of belonging or 'of'. So, soba becomes sobe to mean 'of the room'.
Why is it u sredini instead of u sredinu?
The preposition u (in) takes the locative case when talking about a static location, like where the bed is currently placed. The feminine noun sredina (middle) becomes sredini in the locative. If you were physically moving the bed into the middle of the room, you would use the accusative case u sredinu to show motion.
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