Breakdown of U toj galami prodavač nudi svakome šaren balon.
u
in, into
taj
that (masculine)
nuditi
to offer
prodavač
salesman, shop assistant
svatko
everyone, everybody
šaren
colorful
balon
balloon
galama
noise (shouting, clamor)
Questions & Answers about U toj galami prodavač nudi svakome šaren balon.
Why is 'everyone' written as svakome here instead of svatko?
Svatko changes its form depending on its role in the sentence. The verb nuditi (to offer) requires the dative case for the person receiving the offer (who you are offering something to). The dative form of svatko is svakome (or svakomu).
Why are we using the locative case for u toj galami?
The preposition u takes the locative case when describing a static location or state, answering the question 'where?' or 'in what conditions?'. Since the offering happens continuously within the noise, ta galama (that noise) changes to its locative form, toj galami.
Why is the adjective šaren instead of šareni?
Šaren is the indefinite form of the adjective, which we use when introducing something non-specific, much like using 'a' instead of 'the' in English. Since he is offering 'a' colorful balloon, we use the indefinite šaren. If it were a specific balloon we had already mentioned, we would use the definite form šareni.
Why don't the masculine words šaren balon get an accusative ending if they are the direct object?
Because a balloon is an inanimate object. In the accusative case, masculine inanimate nouns and their adjectives look exactly the same as they do in the nominative case. If the seller were offering an animate noun like a dog (pas), it would take the animate accusative endings and become šarenog psa.
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