Breakdown of Štoviše, grof mišljaše o prošlosti.
misliti
to think
o
about / on (dependent on)
prošlost
past (noun)
štoviše
moreover
grof
count
Questions & Answers about Štoviše, grof mišljaše o prošlosti.
What tense is mišljaše and how do I recognize it?
It is the imperfect tense of the verb misliti (to think). At this level, you mostly need to recognize it in literature. You can spot it by the ending -aše for the third-person singular. Notice how the stem changes too: the sl in misliti becomes šlj through consonant mutation, giving us mišljaše (was thinking).
Would I use mišljaše in everyday spoken Croatian?
No, the imperfect tense is archaic and almost exclusively found in older literature, poetry, or highly stylized writing. In everyday conversation or standard writing today, you would just use the regular past tense (perfekt) and say grof je mislio.
What kind of word is štoviše?
It is an adverb used as a conjunction, meaning "moreover," "furthermore," or "in fact." It is a great higher-level transition word to use when you want to add a stronger or more surprising point to something you just said.
Why does prošlost change to prošlosti here?
The preposition o (about) requires the locative case. The word prošlost (the past) is a feminine noun that ends in a consonant. These are known as i-declension nouns, and their locative singular ending is always -i.
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