Breakdown of Mi smo doma i umorni smo.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
doma
at home / home (direction)
mi
we
umoran
tired
i
and (additive)
Questions & Answers about Mi smo doma i umorni smo.
Why is smo used twice, and why is it placed after umorni the second time?
smo is the short form of the verb "are" used for "we". In the first part, it comes right after Mi (we). In the second part, the pronoun is dropped. Because short verb words like smo are "clitics" that cannot stand at the very beginning of a phrase, it has to tuck in right after the adjective umorni.
Could I keep the pronoun and say Mi smo doma i mi smo umorni?
Yes, you can! However, repeating the pronoun mi sounds a bit unnatural unless you really want to emphasize it. Croatians usually drop the pronoun the second time because the verb smo already makes it perfectly clear that you are talking about "we".
Why does the word for tired end in -i (umorni)?
Adjectives change their endings to match who they describe. Because mi (we) is plural, the adjective takes the plural ending -i. This specific ending is used if the group is all male, or a mix of males and females. If "we" was a group of only women, it would be umorne.
Why is the word doma used here instead of kuća?
kuća is the actual noun meaning "house" or "building". doma is a word that simply means "at home". It is similar to English when you say "we are home" instead of "we are at the house".
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