Breakdown of Držite ruke iznad lončarskog kola.
Questions & Answers about Držite ruke iznad lončarskog kola.
Držite is the imperative form of držati, meaning to hold / keep.
In this sentence, it means hold or keep as a command.
A useful thing to know is that držite can also be the present tense form meaning you hold / you are holding. Croatian often relies on context to show whether something is a statement or a command. Here, the sentence is clearly an instruction, so it is understood as an imperative.
It can be either:
- to several people: you all hold / keep
- to one person formally: please hold / keep
Croatian uses the same 2nd person plural form for:
- real plural you
- formal singular you
If you were speaking to one person informally, you would say:
Drži ruke iznad lončarskog kola.