Breakdown of Divit ću se tvojoj mladosti.
tvoj
your (informal)
ću
will (ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će)
mladost
youth (f)
diviti se
to admire
Questions & Answers about Divit ću se tvojoj mladosti.
Why is the noun mladosti in the Dative case here, and why does it end in -i?
The verb diviti se (to admire) requires the object receiving admiration to be in the Dative case. The word mladost (youth) is a feminine i-declension noun, and for these specific nouns, the Dative singular ending is always -i.
Since mladost ends in a consonant, how am I supposed to know it's a feminine noun?
While most nouns ending in a consonant are masculine, abstract nouns ending in -ost (like mladost for youth, or radost for joy) are almost always feminine. Because they end in a consonant rather than the typical -a, they follow the special i-declension pattern you are learning now.
Why does the pronoun tvojoj have a regular ending when the noun mladosti has a special one?
Adjectives and pronouns must match the noun's gender, number, and case, but they always use standard adjective declension rules. So, even though mladosti uses a unique i-declension ending, tvoj still takes the regular feminine Dative ending -oj, becoming tvojoj.
Why is the verb written as divit ću instead of diviti ću?
This is a standard rule for forming the future tense. When the future tense helper word (ću, ćeš, etc.) comes immediately after an infinitive that ends in -ti (like diviti), you must drop the final -i from the infinitive. Therefore, it becomes divit ću.
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