Word
Pobjegao sam od svakodnevice i ni s čim se ne opterećujem.
Meaning
I escaped from everyday life and I don't burden myself with anything.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Pobjegao sam od svakodnevice i ni s čim se ne opterećujem.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
što
what
i
and (additive)
ne
no, not
Questions & Answers about Pobjegao sam od svakodnevice i ni s čim se ne opterećujem.
Why is the preposition s placed in the middle of ni s čim?
This is called preposition splitting, which happens with negative pronouns like ništa (nothing). When used with a preposition, the ni- prefix breaks off, and the preposition slides right into the middle. Instead of saying s ničim, you say ni + s + čim (čim being the instrumental form of što).
Isn't ni s čim... ne opterećujem a double negative?
Yes! Unlike English, Croatian requires double negation. Whenever you use a negative word like ništa (or its split form ni s čim), the verb must also be negative. That's why we use ne opterećujem instead of just opterećujem.
Why does the word for 'everyday life' change to svakodnevice?
The base word is svakodnevica, which is a regular feminine noun ending in -a. The preposition od (from) always requires the genitive case, so the -a ending changes to -e.
Could I say ni s čime instead of ni s čim?