Breakdown of Prema mom mišljenju, ljudi se zgražaju jer to vrijeđa njihov ukus.
to
that
ljudi
people
jer
because
moj
my
njihov
their
mišljenje
opinion
prema
according to
zgražati se
to be appalled
vrijeđati
to insult
ukus
taste (flavor; aesthetic preference)
Questions & Answers about Prema mom mišljenju, ljudi se zgražaju jer to vrijeđa njihov ukus.
Why is it mom mišljenju after the word prema?
The preposition prema (according to, towards) requires the dative case. Here, both the possessive pronoun moj and the noun mišljenje are in the dative, becoming mom (or mome) and mišljenju. It is a very common fixed phrase for expressing 'in my opinion'.
How does zgražati se differ from just being angry?
Zgražati se means to be appalled, disgusted, or scandalized by something. It implies a sense of moral outrage or offended sensibilities rather than just standard anger (ljutiti se). It is a reflexive verb, meaning it must always be used with the reflexive pronoun se.
Why use the imperfective verb vrijeđa here instead of the perfective uvrijedi?
Vrijeđa is the imperfective form of the verb meaning 'to insult' or 'to offend'. It is used here because the sentence describes a general, ongoing fact or continuous reaction—it generally offends their taste. If it were a single, completed event, you would use the perfective uvrijediti, as in to je uvrijedilo njihov ukus (that offended their taste).
How could we rewrite this sentence to use the current lesson's conjunction, niti (nor)?
Since niti connects negative clauses, we first need to make the main clause negative. If we wanted to say 'People are not appalled, nor does it insult their taste', we would say: Ljudi se ne zgražaju, niti to vrijeđa njihov ukus. Notice that after niti, the verb vrijeđa does not take an extra ne, because niti already acts as the negation for that clause.
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