Breakdown of U kolovozu će testirati umjetnu atmosferu, osim što je gravitacija još uvijek problem.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
problem
problem
još
yet, still / another, one more
uvijek
always
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
kolovoz
August
testirati
to test
u
at (a time)
osim što
except that / aside from the fact that
umjetan
artificial
atmosfera
atmosphere
gravitacija
gravity
Questions & Answers about U kolovozu će testirati umjetnu atmosferu, osim što je gravitacija još uvijek problem.
How does the phrase u kolovozu work to mean 'in August'?
To express a broad time period like a month or a year, Croatian uses the preposition u followed by the Locative case. The nominative word for August is kolovoz, which takes the -u ending to become kolovozu in the Locative.
Why is the translation 'they will test' when there is no pronoun like oni in the sentence?
Croatian frequently drops subject pronouns. The verb construction će testirati uses the third-person future clitic će. Without a stated subject, this can technically mean he, she, it, or they will test. We translate it as 'they' because context implies a group of people doing the testing.
What is the difference between using osim što and just osim?
Osim što translates to 'except that' and is used to connect to a full clause with its own verb (here, that gravity is a problem). If you just used osim (except), you would have to follow it directly with a noun or pronoun in the Genitive case, rather than a full sentence.
Why do we need both još and uvijek to say 'still'?
While još can mean 'still' on its own, it can also mean 'yet' or 'more'. The fixed combination još uvijek (literally 'still always') is the most common and unambiguous way to say that an ongoing situation is 'still' happening.
Why does the adjective umjetnu end in -u here?
The phrase umjetna atmosfera (artificial atmosphere) is the direct object of the verb testirati (to test), so it must be in the Accusative case. For feminine singular nouns and their adjectives, the nominative -a ending changes to -u.
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