Breakdown of Služba je dostupna od jutra do večeri.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
jutro
morning
večer
evening (f)
od
from
do
to, until, up to / in the mood for (as in "I'm not in the mood for")
služba
service
dostupan
available
Questions & Answers about Služba je dostupna od jutra do večeri.
How do the prepositions od and do change the words for morning and evening in this sentence?
Both od (from) and do (to or until) require the following noun to be in the genitive case. To show this time boundary, the neuter noun jutro (morning) changes its ending to become jutra, and the feminine noun večer (evening) takes an ending to become večeri.
Wait, večer ends in a consonant. Why doesn't it take an -a in the genitive case like masculine nouns do?
Večer is an exception to the usual gender rules because it is a feminine noun that ends in a consonant. It belongs to a special group often called i-declension nouns. Instead of the typical endings you might expect, these nouns take an -i in the genitive case, which is why the sentence says do večeri.
Why is the word for available written as dostupna here?
The adjective must agree in gender, number, and case with the noun it describes. Because služba (service) is a feminine singular noun in the nominative case, the base masculine adjective dostupan drops its fleeting -a- and takes the feminine singular ending -a, becoming dostupna.
Could služba be translated as shift or duty instead of service?
Yes, depending on the context, služba can mean a duty, official employment, or a work shift. However, when paired with the adjective dostupna (available), it usually refers to a service or customer support desk being open for public use.
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