Breakdown of Malo tko razmišlja o preživljavanju u ovom nemilosrdnom okruženju.
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
u
in, into
razmišljati
to think
o
about / on (dependent on)
okruženje
environment
malo tko
hardly anyone
preživljavanje
survival
nemilosrdan
unforgiving
Questions & Answers about Malo tko razmišlja o preživljavanju u ovom nemilosrdnom okruženju.
Why does malo tko take the singular verb razmišlja if it means "few people"?
The phrase malo tko translates to "hardly anyone" or "few people." Even though it refers to multiple people in meaning, the pronoun tko (who/anyone) is grammatically singular. Because of this, it always requires a 3rd-person singular verb, just like "anyone" does in English.
Both preživljavanju and okruženju end in -u. What case are they in, and why?
They are both in the locative case, but for different reasons. The preposition o (about), when used with verbs of thinking like razmišljati, requires the locative case (o preživljavanju). The preposition u (in) also takes the locative here because it describes a static location (u ovom nemilosrdnom okruženju).
How is the noun preživljavanje (survival) formed?
It is a verbal noun, similar to an English gerund ending in "-ing". It is formed from the imperfective verb preživljavati (to survive) by replacing the infinitive ending -ti with -nje.
What is the literal breakdown of the adjective nemilosrdnom (unforgiving)?
The base dictionary form is nemilosrdan. It is constructed from the prefix ne- (without), the root milo (gentle/dear), and srce (heart), literally meaning "without a merciful heart" or "ruthless". In this sentence, it takes the -om ending to match the locative neuter noun okruženje.
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