Breakdown of Samo dvojica tenora pjevaju u našem novom kvartetu.
nov
new
pjevati
to sing
samo
only
u
in, into
naš
our
dvojica
two men
tenor
tenor
kvartet
quartet
Questions & Answers about Samo dvojica tenora pjevaju u našem novom kvartetu.
Why do we use dvojica here instead of just dva?
Why is tenora in the genitive plural instead of the genitive singular, which normally follows the number two?
While the regular numbers 2, 3, and 4 require the genitive singular, the special male numeral nouns like dvojica, trojica, and četvorica always require the genitive plural for the noun they are counting.
Why is the verb pjevaju in the plural when dvojica is grammatically a singular noun?
Even though dvojica has a feminine singular ending and declines like the word žena, its meaning is plural. Because it logically refers to multiple people, standard Croatian pairs it with a plural verb.
Why do we use the endings -em and -om in našem novom kvartetu?
The preposition u is being used to show a static location, which triggers the locative case. Since kvartet is a masculine noun, its modifiers take the masculine locative endings: -em for the possessive pronoun našem and -om for the adjective novom.
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