Breakdown of Sa sponzorom smo razgovarali o podjeli zadataka.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
razgovarati
to talk
zadatak
task (m)
s
with
o
about / on (dependent on)
sponzor
sponsor
podjela
distribution (division)
Questions & Answers about Sa sponzorom smo razgovarali o podjeli zadataka.
Why is zadataka in the genitive case in this sentence?
This is the "objective genitive," which is the focus of your current lesson! The word podjela (distribution/division) is an action noun. Because the tasks are the things being distributed (the object of the underlying action), they take the genitive case. It functions exactly like the English "distribution of tasks."
I recognize the root word zadatak (task), but why is it spelled zadataka here instead of zadatka?
zadataka is the genitive plural form. This noun has a "fleeting a" that drops out in most other cases (like the genitive singular zadatka). However, in the genitive plural, an -a- is inserted back between the final consonants to make it pronounceable before adding the genitive plural -a ending, resulting in zadataka.
Why do we use sa instead of just s before sponzorom?
The preposition s (with) changes to sa whenever the following word starts with the sibilant consonants s, z, š, or ž (and sometimes consonant clusters like ps). Because sponzorom starts with an s, we must use sa so the two sounds don't blend together.
Which case is podjeli, and what triggers it here?
podjeli is in the locative case. The preposition o, when used to mean "about" a topic of conversation, always requires the locative case. Since podjela is a feminine noun ending in -a, its locative singular form ends in -i.
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