Breakdown of Moramo svaki dan njegovati bliskost i posvećenost.
i
and (additive)
dan
day
morati
must
svaki
every, each
bliskost
closeness
njegovati
to nurture
posvećenost
dedication
Questions & Answers about Moramo svaki dan njegovati bliskost i posvećenost.
Why do the nouns bliskost and posvećenost not change their endings here, even though they are the direct objects?
Both bliskost and posvećenost are feminine nouns that end in a consonant (specifically using the suffix -ost). This group of feminine nouns belongs to the i-declension, where the accusative singular form is identical to the nominative. Therefore, they don't take the typical -u ending you see on standard feminine nouns ending in -a.
What case is the phrase svaki dan in, and why?
It is in the accusative case. Croatian often uses the bare accusative (without a preposition) for time expressions that show duration or repetition, answering 'how often?'. Because dan is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form looks exactly the same as its nominative form.
Why use the imperfective verb njegovati here instead of a perfective equivalent?
The presence of svaki dan (every day) signals that this is a continuous, repeated, and habitual action. In Croatian, ongoing or habitual actions require verbs in the imperfective aspect.
Could we put svaki dan at the end of the sentence instead?
Yes, saying Moramo njegovati bliskost i posvećenost svaki dan is grammatically correct. However, placing the time expression between the modal verb (moramo) and the infinitive (njegovati) is a very natural and common word order in Croatian, as it tightly groups the frequency of the action with the action itself.
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