Breakdown of S vremenom će zglobovi i kralježnica manje boljeti.
i
and (additive)
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
manje
fewer / less
boljeti
to hurt
vrijeme
time
s
with
zglob
joint
kralježnica
spine
Questions & Answers about S vremenom će zglobovi i kralježnica manje boljeti.
Why does the word for time (vrijeme) become vremenom here?
Vrijeme belongs to a special group of neuter nouns that add an -n- to their stem in most grammatical cases. When we use the Instrumental case after the preposition s (with), we take this expanded stem (vremen-) and add the standard neuter Instrumental ending -om.
What happened to the -ije- from vrijeme when it changed to vremenom?
In Croatian, a long ije sound often shortens to e when a word gets longer. Because adding the -n- and a case ending adds extra syllables, the root vowel naturally shifts. This is why vrijeme becomes vremena, vremenu, and vremenom.
Why is the future tense word će in the second position, so far away from the main verb boljeti?
Će is an enclitic, meaning it is a weak word that strictly belongs in the second logical position of the sentence. The phrase S vremenom counts as the first block of information. The infinitive boljeti completes the future tense, but it is perfectly normal for it to sit at the end of the sentence after the subjects and adverbs.
The subject includes joints (zglobovi). Why does zglob get an extra -ov- in the plural?
Zglob is a one-syllable masculine noun. As a quick refresher, most single-syllable masculine nouns require the extra piece -ov- (or -ev- after certain soft letters) before adding the plural ending -i. That gives us zglobovi.
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