Breakdown of U tom zabačenom kutu gdje leži napuštena tvornica, sve je tiho.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
gdje
where
tih
quiet
u
in, into
sav
all (of a whole) / everyone, all (people) / everything
taj
that (masculine)
ležati
to lie (down), to be lying
kut
corner
tvornica
factory
zabačen
remote
napušten
abandoned
Questions & Answers about U tom zabačenom kutu gdje leži napuštena tvornica, sve je tiho.
Why do we use gdje here instead of a relative pronoun like u kojem?
While gdje is usually the question word for 'where', it is also commonly used as a relative pronoun to introduce a spatial clause. You could say u kojem (in which), but using gdje is the most natural way to connect a location to a descriptive clause, exactly like saying 'the corner where' in English.
Why do tom and zabačenom end in -om, while kutu ends in -u?
They are all in the locative case because of the preposition u (in) showing a static location. Masculine nouns like kut take the -u ending in the locative. However, the demonstrative pronoun taj (which becomes tom) and the adjective zabačen follow adjective declension patterns, which require the -om ending here.
Is it common to use the verb leži (lies) when talking about buildings?
Yes! Just like in English, the verb ležati (to lie) is frequently used metaphorically to describe where a town, building, or object is situated on a landscape. You could also use se nalazi (is located), but leži paints a slightly more descriptive picture of the factory sitting in that remote space.
Why does the adjective tiho end in -o instead of the masculine or feminine endings?
The subject of the second part of the sentence is sve (everything). In Croatian, the pronoun sve behaves as a neuter singular noun. Because adjectives must agree with the noun they describe, tih (quiet) takes the neuter singular ending, becoming tiho.
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