Breakdown of Premjesti te stvari među moje knjige.
knjiga
book
moj
my
stvar
thing
taj
that (masculine)
među
among
premjestiti
to move, to relocate
Questions & Answers about Premjesti te stvari među moje knjige.
Why is među followed by the accusative case (moje knjige) here instead of the instrumental?
Because there is motion towards a destination. The verb premjesti (move or relocate) indicates putting the things into a new position among the books. When među (among or between) expresses destination or direction of motion, it takes the accusative case. If we were just describing where the things already are, without motion, we would use the instrumental case (među mojim knjigama).
What form of the verb is premjesti?
It is the imperative (command) form for the informal singular 'you'. It comes from the perfective verb premjestiti (to move or relocate). You form it by taking the present tense base and adding the imperative ending -i.
Is stvari in the accusative case here? It looks exactly like the nominative plural.
Yes, it is in the accusative plural. The noun stvar (thing) is a feminine noun that ends in a consonant. For this group of nouns, the nominative plural and accusative plural are identical (stvari). We know it is the direct object being moved, so it must be accusative, and the pronoun te (those) is in the accusative feminine plural to match it.
Why use te for 'those' instead of one?
Te implies the things are somewhat close to the person you are talking to. One (from the pronoun onaj) would mean the things are far away from both the speaker and the listener.
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