Breakdown of Budući da je pas napušten, moramo ga odvesti u azil i udomiti.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
i
and (additive)
ga
him, it (accusative clitic)
u
in, into
Questions & Answers about Budući da je pas napušten, moramo ga odvesti u azil i udomiti.
How would we change this sentence to say 'The dog is too sick for us to adopt him' using the structure from this lesson?
You would use prebolestan (too sick) + da bismo (so that we would) + the l-participle: Pas je prebolestan da bismo ga udomili. Notice how da bi takes the first-person plural form bismo to match 'we'.
Why is budući da used here instead of zato što or jer?
Budući da means 'since' or 'because' and is used specifically when the reason comes at the very beginning of the sentence. While you could technically use zato što here, budući da is much more natural for starting a sentence. You can never start a sentence with jer.
The verb odvesti is used for taking the dog to the shelter. Could I use odnijeti instead?
You would only use odnijeti (to carry away) if you are physically carrying the dog in your arms. Odvesti here comes from vesti (to lead), which implies the animal walks on a leash. Coincidentally, it looks identical to odvesti (to drive away, from voziti), which also works perfectly if you are driving the dog to the shelter!
The word udomiti (to adopt) looks like it's related to the word for 'home'. Is it?