Breakdown of U ovim hladnim noćima bole me kosti.
ja
I
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
hladan
cold
u
in, into
noć
night
boljeti
to hurt
kost
bone
Questions & Answers about U ovim hladnim noćima bole me kosti.
Why does the word for nights end with -ima in noćima?
Noć (night) is a feminine noun that ends in a consonant, meaning it belongs to the i-declension group. It is in the locative case here because it follows the preposition u to describe a time period. For i-declension nouns, the locative plural ending is -ima.
What case is kosti (bones) and why does it end in -i?
Kosti is in the nominative plural. Like noć, kost is a feminine i-declension noun. The nominative plural ending for this specific group of nouns is simply -i. Since the bones are the things doing the aching, they are the subject of the sentence.
If noćima is a special i-declension noun, why do ovim hladnim look like regular adjectives?
Even though i-declension nouns have their own unique noun endings, any pronouns or adjectives that describe them still use the standard feminine endings. Therefore, ovim and hladnim simply take the regular feminine locative plural endings to match.
Why does it say bole me kosti instead of using moje (my)?
In Croatian, it is much more natural to use the object pronoun me (me) rather than a possessive word like moje (my) when talking about your own body parts. The sentence literally translates to "the bones ache me." Because kosti is a plural subject, the verb takes the plural form bole.
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