Questions & Answers about Majka kuha juhu u kuhinji.
Why does the word for kitchen end in -i (kuhinji)?
This is the locative case, which we use to talk about locations. Because the kitchen is where the action is happening, the preposition u (in) requires the locative case here. For feminine nouns that normally end in -a like kuhinja, the ending changes to -i in the locative.
Why is the word for soup juhu instead of juha?
Juha is in the accusative case here because it is the direct object (the thing being cooked). In Croatian, feminine nouns ending in -a change their ending to -u in the accusative case.
Why doesn't the sentence include a word for 'is' to say 'is cooking'?
Croatian does not use a helper verb like 'is' to show that an action is happening right now. The single present tense verb kuha translates to both 'cooks' and 'is cooking' in English.
Could the preposition u also mean 'into' in this sentence?
No, because kuhinji is in the locative case, which only describes a static location (where something currently is). If we wanted to say someone was moving into the kitchen, we would use u followed by the accusative case (u kuhinju).
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