Breakdown of Snimit ćemo bubanj i bas u kvarat do pet.
i
and (additive)
pet
five
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
do
to, until, up to / in the mood for (as in "I'm not in the mood for")
snimiti
to film / to record
bubanj
drum
bas
bass
u
at (a time)
kvarat
quarter (regional, of an hour)
Questions & Answers about Snimit ćemo bubanj i bas u kvarat do pet.
Is kvarat a standard word for "quarter"?
Kvarat is a very common conversational word for "quarter," especially on the coast (Dalmatia, Kvarner, Istria). In standard or more formal Croatian, you will often hear petnaest (fifteen) used instead. So, saying petnaest do pet is also perfectly correct and means the exact same thing.
How does the preposition do work in this time expression?
The preposition do means "until" or "up to." When telling time, kvarat do pet literally translates to "a quarter until five" (4:45). If you wanted to say "a quarter past five" (5:15), you would use the word prošlo (past) instead: kvarat prošlo pet.
Why is the verb written as snimit instead of its full infinitive snimiti?
When forming the future tense and the helper verb (ćemo) comes directly after an infinitive ending in -ti, the final -i is dropped in both writing and pronunciation. Therefore, snimiti ćemo becomes snimit ćemo.
Since "the drum and the bass" are the objects being recorded, why aren't the words bubanj and bas in a different case?
They actually are in the accusative case because they are the direct objects of the sentence. However, for masculine nouns that are inanimate (objects or concepts, not living beings), the accusative form is exactly identical to the nominative (dictionary) form.
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