Breakdown of Dokad će taj pčelar proizvoditi med?
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
med
honey
taj
that (masculine)
pčelar
beekeeper
dokad
until when
proizvoditi
to produce
Questions & Answers about Dokad će taj pčelar proizvoditi med?
Is there a difference between dokad and do kada?
No, there is no difference in meaning. Dokad (or dokada) is simply a fused version of the preposition do (until/up to) and the question word kada (when). You can use them interchangeably to ask about the end point of an action.
Why do we use the imperfective verb proizvoditi (to produce) here?
Since dokad asks 'until when', it naturally implies an action that is ongoing over a span of time up to a certain point. Imperfective verbs like proizvoditi are used to express exactly this kind of continuous, unfinished action.
Why didn't the noun med (honey) change its ending? Shouldn't it be the direct object?
It is indeed the direct object, so it is in the accusative case here. However, med is a masculine noun that represents an inanimate object. For inanimate masculine nouns, the accusative form is identical to the nominative (dictionary) form, which is why the ending looks unchanged.
Can I change the word order and say Dokad taj pčelar će proizvoditi med?
No, that would be incorrect. The word će is an enclitic (a small, unstressed word) and has a strict grammatical rule: it must go in the second position of the sentence. Here, it naturally locks into place right after the first functional unit, which is the question word dokad.
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