Questions & Answers about Automobili su tamo.
How is the plural word automobili formed?
It comes from the singular masculine noun automobil (car). To make regular masculine nouns plural when they are the subject of the sentence, you just add -i to the end. So, automobil becomes automobili.
The English translation says "The cars", but where is the word for "the"?
Croatian doesn't have articles like "the", "a", or "an". The word automobili can mean "cars" or "the cars". You figure out which one makes sense based on the context!
Why do we use su instead of je?
su is the "they" form (third-person plural) of the verb to be. Since automobili is a plural subject, we must use su (are) rather than the singular form je (is).
Could we change the word order to Tamo su automobili?
Yes, absolutely! The little verb su is an enclitic, which means it is a weak word that needs to sit in the second position of the sentence. Both Automobili su tamo and Tamo su automobili keep su in the second spot and are perfectly correct.
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