Breakdown of Podesit ću kontrast da slika ne bude blijeda.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
slika
picture
ne
no, not
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
da
that (conjunction)
blijed
pale
podesiti
to adjust
kontrast
contrast
Questions & Answers about Podesit ću kontrast da slika ne bude blijeda.
Why do we use ne bude instead of nije here?
The word da here means so that or in order to, expressing a purpose. When expressing purpose with the verb to be, Croatian requires the perfective present tense forms (budem, budeš, bude), rather than the standard present tense forms like je or nije.
Is kontrast in the nominative case here?
No, it is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb podesiti (to adjust). Because kontrast is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form looks exactly the same as its nominative form.
Why is the infinitive podesit missing its final i?
When forming the future tense, if the infinitive ends in -ti and comes right before the auxiliary verb (ću, ćeš, etc.), the final i is always dropped. If the word order were reversed, it would keep the i, as in ja ću podesiti.
Why is the adjective blijeda in the nominative case if it comes after the verb?
Blijeda describes the subject of that clause, slika (the picture). With the verb to be (bude), adjectives act as predicate adjectives and must match the subject in gender, number, and case, which is nominative feminine singular here.
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