Breakdown of Seljače, imaš li dovoljno kruha za sve?
kruh
bread
li
question particle
imati
to have
sav
all (of a whole) / everyone, all (people) / everything
dovoljno
enough
za
for (+ accusative)
seljak
peasant
Questions & Answers about Seljače, imaš li dovoljno kruha za sve?
Why does the word for peasant change from seljak to seljače?
This is the Vocative case, used when you are directly addressing someone. For masculine nouns ending in -k, the k changes to č before the Vocative ending -e. This sound change is called palatalization. So, seljak becomes seljače.
Why is bread translated as kruha here instead of just kruh?
It is in the Genitive case because it comes right after dovoljno (enough). In Croatian, adverbs expressing quantity (like dovoljno, malo, or puno) must always be followed by the Genitive case.
Why use sve for 'everyone' instead of the usual svi?
The preposition za (for) requires the Accusative case when it means 'for the benefit of' or 'intended for'. The nominative base word is svi (everyone/all), and its Accusative form is sve.
Could I ask this question using da li instead?
Yes! You could say Da li imaš dovoljno kruha za sve? Both imaš li and da li imaš are correct ways to form a yes/no question. Using the verb + li is preferred in standard written Croatian, while da li is very common in everyday speech.
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