Breakdown of Tvoja sestra radi u pošti.
sestra
sister
tvoj
your (informal)
raditi
to work
u
in, into
pošta
post office
Questions & Answers about Tvoja sestra radi u pošti.
Why is the word for post office pošti here instead of pošta?
This is the locative case, which you use to talk about locations. The dictionary form is pošta. When a feminine word ending in -a follows a location preposition like u (in), the -a changes to -i.
Does the preposition u always make feminine words end in -i?
It does when u is used to describe a static location (where someone or something currently is). If you were talking about movement into a place, you would use a different case. For now, just remember: u plus a location means feminine words change their -a to an -i.
Why do we use Tvoja instead of just Tvoj?
In Croatian, possessive words like "your" have to match the gender of the noun they belong to. Because sestra (sister) is a feminine noun, you must use the feminine form Tvoja instead of the masculine form Tvoj.
How do I know radi means "she works" and not "I work"?
The dictionary form of the verb "to work" is raditi. For "I work", you would say radim. Here, the verb drops the -m to become radi, which is the form used for he, she, or it. Since the subject is sestra (sister), we use this form.
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