Breakdown of Vojska prođe kroz grad. Prema tome, izgubismo sve.
grad
city
izgubiti
to lose
sav
all (of a whole) / everyone, all (people) / everything
kroz
through
taj
that (masculine)
proći
to pass
prema
according to
vojska
army
Questions & Answers about Vojska prođe kroz grad. Prema tome, izgubismo sve.
What tense is izgubismo, and what would we normally say in everyday speech?
It is the aorist (simple past) tense of the perfective verb izgubiti (to lose), specifically the 1st person plural. In modern conversational Croatian, you would almost always use the standard perfect tense and say izgubili smo. The aorist here gives the sentence a dramatic, literary, or storytelling feel.
Wait, isn't prođe the present tense form of proći?
Yes, but it is also the 3rd person singular aorist form! For many perfective verbs, the 3rd person singular is spelled exactly the same in both the present and the aorist tenses. You have to rely on context to know it is describing the past. Here, the past-tense context is clearly set by the following aorist verb, izgubismo.
Why does the word to change into tome in the phrase prema tome?
The preposition prema (towards, according to) requires the dative case. Tome is the dative form of the demonstrative pronoun to (that). Together, prema tome is a very common fixed phrase that translates to 'accordingly', 'therefore', or 'so'.
Which case is used for grad after the preposition kroz?
The preposition kroz (through) always takes the accusative case. Because grad (city) is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form looks exactly the same as its nominative dictionary form.
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