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Questions & Answers about Sretni smo zajedno.
Where is the word for we in this sentence?
In Croatian, you usually drop subject pronouns like mi (we) because the verb already tells you who is doing the action. The verb form smo specifically means we are. You would only add the pronoun and say Mi smo sretni zajedno if you wanted to emphasize that we are happy, as opposed to someone else.
Why does the adjective sretni end in -i?
Because the subject we is plural, the adjective must match it. For masculine or mixed groups (men and women together), plural adjectives take the -i ending. If the we referred to a group of only women, the adjective would be sretne.
Why is smo placed right after sretni?
Smo is a clitic, which is a short, unstressed word. In Croatian, clitics almost always jump to the second position in a sentence. Here, it naturally attaches itself right after the first word, sretni.