Breakdown of Prestala je trenirati jer ima problem.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
problem
problem
jer
because
imati
to have
prestati
to stop
trenirati
to train
Questions & Answers about Prestala je trenirati jer ima problem.
Why does prestala need to be followed by the imperfective verb trenirati?
Prestati (to stop) is a phase verb, meaning it describes starting, stopping, or continuing an action. Because you can only stop an action that is ongoing, phase verbs must always be followed by an imperfective infinitive.
Is the verb prestala itself perfective or imperfective?
It is perfective. The act of stopping happened as a single, completed event in the past, so we use the perfective past tense. The action she was doing before she stopped (trenirati) is what needs to be imperfective.
Why is the little word je placed between prestala and trenirati?
je is a clitic, which means it is a weak word that strictly belongs in the second position of a sentence or clause. Because the sentence starts with Prestala, the clitic je takes the second spot, breaking up the main verb and the infinitive.
Why doesn't the word problem change its ending here?
problem is the direct object of the verb ima (she has), so it must be in the accusative case. However, for masculine nouns that represent non-living things, the accusative form is exactly the same as the dictionary form.
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