Questions & Answers about Petkom gledamo film.
Why does the word for Friday end in "-om" (petkom)?
It is in the instrumental case. In Croatian, using the instrumental case for a day of the week shows that an action happens regularly. So, petkom translates to "on Fridays" or "every Friday".
Where is the word for "we"?
It is built into the verb. The ending -mo on gledamo already means "we watch". You would only add the pronoun mi (we) to the sentence if you really wanted to emphasize it.
Is film in the nominative or accusative case here?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object (the thing being watched). However, because film is a masculine non-living noun, its accusative form looks exactly the same as its basic dictionary form.
How do we know it means "a film" instead of "the film"?
Croatian does not use articles like "a" or "the". The word film alone can mean either one. We translate it as "a film" here simply because that makes the most sense for a general weekly habit in English.
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