Word
Uproljeće volimo ići na izlete s kolegama.
Meaning
In the spring we like to go on trips with colleagues.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Uproljeće volimo ići na izlete s kolegama.
voljeti
to love, to like
na
on, at / to, onto (with motion) / about (thinking about)
ići
to go
izlet
trip (m)
Questions & Answers about Uproljeće volimo ići na izlete s kolegama.
Why is uproljeće written as one word, and is it the only way to say "in the spring"?
Uproljeće is a temporal adverb meaning "in the spring" and is written as one word. You can also use na proljeće (two words) to mean the exact same thing. Just remember not to use the locative case (u proljeću) when talking generally about when an action happens during a season.
Why do we use the preposition na in na izlete? Can I use u?
For events and activities, Croatian usually uses na instead of u. Since a trip (izlet) is an activity, you go na izlet. Because the sentence involves motion towards a destination, it takes the accusative plural izlete.
The word kolegama ends in -ama. Isn't kolega a masculine noun?
Yes, kolega (colleague) is masculine! But because it ends in -a in the nominative case, it follows the exact same declension rules as feminine nouns (like žena). That is why its instrumental plural form is kolegama.
Why is it s kolegama and not sa kolegama?
The preposition s (with) only becomes sa when the following word starts with a sibilant consonant (s, z, š, ž) or certain heavy consonant clusters. Since kolegama starts with k, the short form s is perfectly easy to pronounce here.